One other thing I forgot to mention is that we would like the repeater to contain the ability to run with a PL tone.
Thanks again! Andrew KB8UPB --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "phantom1071" <andymcn...@...> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am looking to rebuild a 70cm repeater with an output within the ham band. > We currently have a non-tunable fiberglass comercial band antenna wich is > giving us a SWR of about 2:1. The first piece of advice we are looking for is > recomendations for replacing the antena. There are some conciderations to go > with this. Since it is a privately owned repeater it is in a back yard and > not mounted very high due to lack of an antenna tower or space to put one up > on the property. The antenna will be mounted at about 20 feet from ground > level and we are looking to maximize coverage area so we are looking at high > gain antennas such as the Diamond F718 which would be a step up as it would > lower our SWR. What are your thoughts with this antenna or recomendations on > other high gain antennas for the 70cm band? > > Also, we are looking to replace the repeater itself. Right now we have an old > Kenwood business band repeater that has been modified to work in the ham band > but it is becoming more unstable as time progresses. We want to keep the > equipment as back up and would like to look into a new system. We want > something that is computer programable if possible. It also should work with > an external controller as we are using a CAT-1000 with an attached weather > station and CAT weather radio reciever. Right now we are coordinated at 25 > watts output but would like to have a repeater that could run 50 watts > continuous. Also, we would like to stay away from D-STAR simply because of > personal preferance. Any suggestions or reccomendations for the repeater unit? > > Thanks for your help! > > Andrew > KB8UPB >
