This one would work:

http://www.sinclairtechnologies.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=72

You'll pretty much need one with a total of six sections to get enough 
isolation. Exception - TX/RX systems makes one with four sections that works 
great.

Chuck
WB2EDV




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "agrimm0034" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to install my repeater antennas


>I don't expect much coverage. I'm located in the Ohio-WV river valley and 
>it is relatively hard to get good coverage out of UHF. The repeater sits 
>almost dead center in the zone I need to coverage and roughly I'd say 
>around 4-5 square miles at the most. Also on a duplexer could you recommend 
>what kind to use. Preferably I've played with alot of Celwave equipment and 
>I've found it to be very good quality. Also I currently have LMR 400 cable 
>I could use but it is to my knowledge that it is not good for duplex use. 
>I've used the LMR 400 for a base station and it has worked great.
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> --- In [email protected], Butch Kanvick <hot...@...> wrote:
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>> Receive antenna should be the highest, but 40 feet is probably not enough 
>> isolation.
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>> How far do you need coverage for the repeater?
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>> It would be cheaper to use a duplexer and then you can have the best of 
>> both worlds.
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>> Good receiver and good transmitter range.
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>> Butch, KE7FEL/r
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>> To: [email protected]
>> From: agrimm0...@...
>> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:01:58 +0000
>> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Where to install my repeater antennas
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>> This isn't the most difficult question to answer, and I figure it can be 
>> answered relatively easily. I currently over the past few weeks 
>> constructed a GMRS repeater for my neighbor hood to use. It is 
>> constructed of 2 maxtrac radios one set at just 30 watts tx. I plan to 
>> use 2 antenna's so no duplexer is needed with some good Heliax cable 
>> running at least to the TX antenna. I have 40 ft of tower that I plan to 
>> mount the antennas on. One antenna is a Celwave (RFS) 6db gain antenna. 
>> And the other is just a plain 1/4 wave NMO style mount antenna. Which is 
>> the best way to install these antennas on my repeater? Celwave on the 
>> transmit end and at the top, or 1/4 wave on the Transmit and celwave on 
>> the receive? Also which antenna should be mounted on top of the tower?
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