You might want to inspect your connectors first to see if you have any moisture going into the connectors.... good Amp connectors help out with extremes. Used to have a repeater in NYC. When it snowed or got wet, it squealed and grunted with 9914. Swapped out the old cabe to the good stuff Heiiax and only the connectors gave up problems.
On 2010-01-03, George Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember the 146.79 repeater in Henrietta (Rochester) NY back in the > mid/late 70's.... It was housed in an old 'fridge in a shed in the middle > of a farm field, at the base of the tower. IIRC, it had a fan to cool it in > the summer, and a 25-watt light buld to keep it warm in the winter. > > KISS at it's best. > > > George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Kelsey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cold temps and repeaters > > > I've seen it happen. Changes in temperature can affect the stability of a > transmitter causing it to spur. Intermod sources can come and go with > weather changes as well. It's 12 chilly degrees here in western New York and > the snow has been heavy all day. 45 would be a heat wave ;-) > > Chuck > WB2EDV > >
