Ok as a broadcast Engineer I can answer this for you.
Its an AM Tower.... Yes you need an Isocoupler.. they are not cheap. depending
on how deep your pockets are. If you want one that wont affect the AM stations
performance
go with Kintronic Labs
http://www.kintronic.com/
Iso couplers are custom made for your frequency. they are not stock Items.
they will need to know the frequencys, in and out and that it is a repeater.
and the power output.
when dealing with AM broadcast stations Do not us TX-RX as recommended...
go with a company that specalizes in AM broadcast, and Kintronics is the Best.
You mount this Isocoupler on the Tower itself or on the ATU box if its within a
few feet of the Tower.... If not. that length of cable from the Tower to the
isocoupler will Be Hot. and Its length can affect the Broadcast stations
Tuning. even at less than 6 feet. so Be very careful.
I just delt with an AM station that had an FM translator on it and cell
antennas being Installed. without iso couplers... and the owner wondered why He
had Problems with his station...
If your wondering I Build,and maintain AM stations for a living
Neal Newman- KA2CAF/ WQEN680
East Coast Regional Engineer- MRBI
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Maire-Radios <maire-rad...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Maire-Radios <maire-rad...@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Iso-coupler
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 5:59 PM
TX RX as for Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Ron Johnson
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:57 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Iso-coupler
Got and opportunity to locate a repeater on a nice tall 1000 watt broadcast
tower.....I need an iso-coupler. Where is the best place to order one? Who
has the best prices....these things are not cheap.....It will need to be cut to
freq of course....
ron
