Very good, excellent points Eric. I might add that the receiver in this application has a very broad frontend. You NEED a receiver preselector for best performance.
"Eric Lemmon" ...> wrote: > Rick, > You made some very good points. I can offer two comments: For > hookups within the repeater cabinet, use RG-400/U coax instead of > RG-142/U. RG-400 has a stranded center conductor, while RG-142 has a solid steel center conductor that breaks easily when repeatedly flexed. > > Regarding the Vertex UHF repeaters, I corrected an in-cabinet desense > problem by replacing all three internal jumpers- which were unmarked > gray-jacketed single-shield cables- with double-shielded RG-400 cable. > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
