if you are loosing 3db in the duplexer then thay are out of wack but you said thay where tuned ..
2 there is STILL a problem in the coax 3 there could be a problem in the ant connectors check the specks on the duplexer when you got it tuned it should show you how much loss and again CHECK with a good dummy load to make sure its from the duplexer up On 30 May 2006 at 19:54, atms169 wrote: > Alright for all those that think I'm an idiot, it's true.... I am! > > I went back up to the repeater site and did some testing. I did find > that there was some water in the coax. I blew it out and re-sealed > the connectors. Now I am back up to 22-25 watts with a 1.1 match on > the 4 antenna's. So I am still losing 20 watts somewhere??? > > I tried the vertical full wave antenna I had laying at the site and it > also gives me 25 watts out. So I am losing almost half through the > duplexers. This is strange to me, mind you I am losing about 3db in > the duplexers so that is half. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >>> Yes I have to add a tee for the bottom half. > > > > That's your problem. You need the specific harness for a 4-bay antenna. > > It will have the connector you connect to, which will split into two > > paths, then further down each one will split again. > > "Tee" connectors will cut the impedance in half. If you have to add > one, > > you are using the wrong harness. > > -- > > Jim Barbour > > WD8CHL > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > == www.karolinabc.ca == Rick,Charlote & Kids Our Border Collies Miss Daisy Duke Sir Red-A-Lot Miss Elly May Mr Boots Our Border Collie Message Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website www.karolinabc.ca Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
