At 01:32 PM 2/9/2007, you wrote:
>Has anyone else looked at the input return loss on their ARR preamp? I had >one that, when put in place, was throwing off the tuning of a two-cavity >bandpass filter I had ahead of it. I swept it and found the return loss to >only be about 5 dB. I put an Angle Linear preamp in its place and all was >well. That was a few years ago. <---I swear by my last breath that I will *never* use anything other than Chip's stuff - there is simply *nothing* on the planet that comes close. I've been using his preamps and multicouplers for close to 20 years now and have *never* been disappointed (nor have I ever been disappointed with his service!). >Then, last week, a friend brought over his 440 duplexer (Wacom 678) and >asked me to tune it on the network analyzer as it had been victimized by the >golden screwdriver. <---I once got caught outdoors with some repeater equipment during a torrential downpour. Try as I might, I wasn't able to keep all the water out of things and they did require some work afterwards. Was that a golden shower? Ken (sorry, couldn't resist) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater Controller and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net
