are you saying a 45-470 MHz PPL6060 will work in the 420 MHz range? ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:25:10 PM CST From: "Mike - W5JR (f/k/a N5FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Johnson PPL 6060 manual needed
> I've run one of those as a repeater for about 25 years now. It saw > service in a very active linked repeater network for the first 10 of > those years. I've moved it down to the 420 range for a link, and now > back up into the 440 repeater segment. The units will exhibit > desense unless the driver and PA sections are tuned very > carefully. After tuning, if the power control pot is adjusted, a > touch-up of the driver/pa is required. You can also impact the > performance by careful adjustment of the RX front end coils while the > transmitter is keyed. I turned another one into a full duplex base station. > > > - mike / w5jr > >

