Hi getting there. If your coax had water in it, really you should replace it. I take it that without the duplexer you are getting full power, if so your duplexer is probably in need of tuning as it sounds like it is actualy tuned to drop power on the tx leg and not on the rx.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "atms169" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:54 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Double the gain or double the power? > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/352 - Release Date: 30/05/06 > > 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/
