Depending on the frequency of the site, they might only be putting out 5 watts of transmit power. Rural sites run more power, and taller antennas to get better range. In a City, they just don't need or want huge amounts of power because it will prevent reuse of the frquencies or cause what's called pilot pollution.
________________________________ From: George <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, April 25, 2010 2:13:22 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: how far what do you mean...a cell site in the city radiates much more times than my antenna, its on the same level and shoots directly in peoples houses... --- In [email protected], "Al Wolfe" <k...@...> wrote: > > Sounds like George might be living in a microwave oven. Maybe time to do > an RF exposure test? > > Al, K9SI > > > Re: how far > Posted by: "George" gueorg...@... gueorgui2 > Date: Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:45 pm ((PDT)) > > ok the antenna is from cell site 14dbm 4-element in a plastic housing, the > amplifier is 600 watts capable linear mosfet 8element hybrid splitters and > combiners... but the power supply is up to 65 ampers at 24 volts, driven by > a "C" class 130 watt amplifier. the antenna is not on a commercial tower (no > luck here). 20 feet above the house. the line is heliax andrew semi-rigid. > the repeater is in the attic and the line is 30feet. the duplexer is celwave > doesn't like more than 450 watts in. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
