On 3/8/2010 7:50 AM, Kevin Custer wrote: > We have been over this many times. If a system is balanced with a > receiver at -116 dBm running 50 watts of power, then it will be balanced > with 200 watts and a properly deployed preamp adding 6 dB of gain. The > added power level on the repeater transmitter helps with noise that is > common in urban locations experienced by the mobile; noise that is not > experienced by the repeater receiver. Most commercial vendors will tell > you a system is balanced with 100 watts and a receiver at -116 dBm. > That mentality would require 400 watts to remain balanced with a mere 6 > dB (easy) preamp improvement. > > Why is it that folks think that if you are running more than 100 watts > of power that AUTOMATICALLY it qualifies as an alligator? I have two > repeaters that run in excess of 200 watts - neither of them have EVER > been considered an alligator. In fact, both are nicely balanced with a > rural run 50 watt Japanese mobile. > > Kevin Custer
Agreed. And conversely, I have seen 'alligators' running at 30-50W out...deaf as a doornail...
