Very nice Jim, Small problems are starting to rear their ugly head because the link radio puts out more power than I need and I have a red-hot receiver distribution system.
I'm sure the whole package would dance and sing out of control if I didn't have so many protection schemes in place. I now need to drop the link radio power to less than a watt to keep it from hosing the separate repeaters rx antenna system. I was feeling quite smug because the two repeaters were only 20 KHz from each other... but the no free lunch rule is starting to apply and I'll have to go back and throttle the link radio down even more. Getting it to work well is the hardest part... The GE Master II's are great units for the application. cheers, s. > Jim Brown <w5...@...> wrote: > > Skipp, I have two VHF repeaters linked in-band. 146.92 with a remote base > radio on the other repeater frequency at 145.45. I use GE Mastr II radios in > both repeaters, and used a modified GE Mastr II mobile radio for the link. I > removed the final amp from the link radio and use the 250 mW exciter through > a low pass filter/antenna relay to a three element beam. The beam is about > 15 feet below the DB-224 repeater antenna and causes no de-sense to the > repeater. I am sure the repeater de-senses the link radio, but the result is > not audible. The two repeaters are about 10 miles apart and are > line-of-sight. The 145.45 repeater uses a directional antenna to cover a > major highway in a canyon that is masked from the 146.92 repeater in several > places. > > 73 - Jim W5ZIT >
