I would be asking the tech or shop what the before and after tuning specs were. I see the receipt note said they are now near wacom specs. But how close were they to start with?
Kinda like a car alignment "its fixed, pay here" 73 Don Kirchner W5DK From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Curious Situation Rber's, I posted a note very early this week about my looking for a someplace to get a 220 duplexer tuned in the TAMPA area. Having not much luck I contacted a local MOTOROLA shop and paid $95 for the service. The receipt returned with the cans indicates that the specifications published by WACOM are very close. Having tuned these merely to incoming signals before, peaking them while the repeater is still in a testing mode, seemed to return decent results but the tune-up was thought to be a better idea. Not so.. Today's tune-up hardly was worth the wait or the price based on the results. While a 5 watt HT 10 miles away could work the repeater, now 25 watts from a roof top antenna is now just about full quieting. Fifteen watts does not make the repeater through the same roof top ground plane. Does logic dictate that we go back to seat of the pants tuning and cast fate to the wind? - Mike
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