Don't risk loosing your coordination by running more than you are coordinated for. Just something to keep in mind.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] How much power should you run through a 350 W duplexer? > Personally, I'd go up to 300 watts which would give > you a 10dB improvement. That much WILL be noticeable. > Also you won't be pushing everything to the maximum > it's capable of. Gives you a bit of a safety margin. > > But then again, the FCC rules state something about > [...the minimum power necessary for communications...] > > Bob M. > ====== > --- Mel Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK, so I need to boost the power of my repeater from >> the 25-30 watt >> level and went to the Telewave website and found the >> power rating of >> the duplexer at 350 W. I can generate up to 350 >> watts with my FET >> amplifier and it is clean. I can also adjust the >> power easily to 100 >> watts. My thinking is run it at the lower level and >> do the field >> tests to see what improvements the 6 dB has made vs >> the 10 dB I could >> run. Comments appreciated. >> >> Mel, K6KBE > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
