--- In [email protected], "NORM KNAPP" <nkn...@...>
Well, I guess this is called "A rookie decision"!!!. Sorry, it's been like 18 years since I had any contact with radio stuff (back in my days as WP4MPS) now I'm back at the commercial level and I see I've had a bad start (yeez!!!!) Well., I'll have to find some use for that cable. Ok, keep it coming please... wrote: > > BATTLE STATIONS!!!!!! RED ALERT!!!!!! > We got LMR-400 here! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed Jun 17 19:41:18 2009 > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Need tips for repeater performance > > > > Hello everybody: > > I'm into increasing the performance of my repeater. I've already ordered 50 > Ft. of LMR-400 to replace the cheap RG-8. Yet, I wonder if there is > something else I could do. > > The Duplexer is pre tuned to my freq. (458.0 repeater RX / 453.0 repeater > TX). The duplexer is connected to the radios (my repeater is built out of > two Motorola M120's) using RG-58 jumpers of about 24 inches long. Could that > be affecting performance? When I check the TX power thru the duplexer I'm > getting about 10W yet the TX radio is programmed for 30W. I know that I'll > loose some power with the duplexer, but seems to me that I'm loosing too > much. SWR won't go below 2.1 no matter how much I adjust the antenna bays. > > So, what could be done? I imagine that swapping the RG-8 for the LMR-400 will > help but I still wonder if that would be enough. Any help will be greatly > appreciated. > > Aisen >
