On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, nj902 wrote: > It should also be noted that he is planning a system with voting > receivers. It is very possible that these receivers will improve the > talk-in sufficiently that the system will be talk-out limited even > with 200 Watts.
Until he has those recievers deployed and working, it's an alligator. > > --- In [email protected], Kevin Custer <kug...@...> 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. ..." I think that one would be better served by choosing an antenna appropriate to the purpose of the repeater. If you need urban coverage, choose an antenna with more null-fill, or less gain. If you have to pay for power (or make your own power!), you'll spend more time working on an antenna that will cover what you need so your transmitter can be ten watts or less. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
