How much 224 band transmitter power are you running (putting out)? What happens if you do the same type of test with the 224 Repeater off the antenna and into a 50 ohm termination? (dummy load).
How close are the two repeater antennas to each other? Are you using/running circulators? s. > "Jed Barton" <j...@...> wrote: > > Hey guys, > Alright, need some input. > I'm running 2 hipro repeaters at a pretty quiet sight, 1 is on 449.225, and > the other is on 224.920. > The issue appears to be with the 220 repeater. Both of them are connected > to an arcom rc210 controller. > I linked the 2 of them, and the issue seems to be with the 220 repeater. > I turned off the 220 transmitter, and put a signal in to 220, I was on a > 220 HT, listening on 440, cause all I did was shut off the 220 transmitter. > Signal was awesome on a handheld. I turned the 220 transmitter back on, > forget it, could hardly touch it with the HT. > Any ideas? > We looked at the 220 duplexer, and it appeared OK on the service monitor. > We're running rg213 patch cables in between the transmiter and the transmit > side of the duplexer, same for the receive. > It certainly sounds like a desense issue, any thoughts? > Antenna is a hustler 220 antenna about 3 years old. > We're running half inch hardline. This is driving me crazy. > Think something like a DCI filter would work? > > Thanks, > Jed >
