Hi Norm, It's 147.10/70, so at least it's up high in the band.
I thought about adding some metal to the loops, but figured I'd ask around here to see if it's been done before. Thanks, Tim --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "NORM KNAPP" <nkn...@...> wrote: > > What frequency pair in 2m do you have? Have you thought about putting ss > bollts through the bottoms and tops of the loops to bring the db-224a down in > frequency? > 73 de N5NPO > Norm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed Aug 19 08:40:31 2009 > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching > > > > In my quest to get rid of desense with > the Quantar, someone mentioned that having > the 'wrong' antenna could make the desense > worse. > > I've got a DB-224 - not the 'ham' version, > but the 150-160 MHz version, and there is > a bit of a mismatch. > > Has anyone ever had any desense that they > could attribute to less than perfect matching? > (I'm not talking about a gross problem, like > one of the elements broken, etc) > > Has anyone built a 'tuner' for that version > of the 224, so that the transmitter/duplexer > pair would see a better SWR? > > If this thing ever gets up, it's gonna be > perfect! :-) > > Thanks, > > Tim W5FN >
