I have opened both repeaters. The VHF already had the blue hardline in it, the UHF however I replaced with superflex.
I may try something different. Hardline up the tower and for a patch cord (about 10 feet) up the mast I'll use superflex. I'll have to play around and see what I have still. The preamp has made a big impression on the RX without the amp. I have not tried the system without it and the amp at the same time. Might be worth a shot. I don't have any test equipment that would work for the digital dstar so it's more of a trial and error thing. --- In [email protected], "wa1nh" <wa...@...> wrote: > > I am going to ask a question that might sound stupid but, based upon Icom's > ignorance, I need to ask. > Did you ever open the repeater case on the 2m repeater and replace the rg-58 > patch cables that are zip tied to each other to connect the rf modules to the > rear of the case before adding your preamp? Our local repeater guys had > serious desense and ended up replacing the junk cables with rg393.........And > you may find that the receiver sensitivity is closer to 0.6 uV. > IF you insist on using the preamp, I would suggest using a decade box to > attenuate after the preamp.....changing the attenuation periodically to get > it to a better level. +18dB is a little too much for any receiver. > > Jason, WA1NH
