At 02:13 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote:
On 1/29/07, Jeff DePolo <<mailto:jeff%40depolo.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 3. Consider budgeting for an isolator for the transmitter and additional
> receiver filtering. A pass/reject duplexer like the Telewave TPRD-1556 does
> a great job of protecting your receiver from your own transmitter, but does
> very little as far as protecting you from anyone else, or anyone else from
> you. Without knowing what the RF landscape is like at your site, it's hard
> to say what will be necessary. Maybe nothing if it's a very quiet, isolated
> site. Maybe a lot if it's a crowded commercial site.
<----We've had very good results with the TPRD-1556. Our customers
are quite happy with them. And yes, a good circulator should be
mandatory for every repeater placed in service.
> 5. Not being familiar with the Kenwood power supply, I don't know whether
> or not it has provisions for battery backup, but that's something
that would
> probably be desirable on an ARES/RACES machine.
<----The internal Kenwood supply is a switcher, which is quite clean.
And the TKR itself takes care of battery backup (and charging).
Ken
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