Yes, essentially desense. The cable can generate intermodulation products. The manufacturer's admit that these cables are not low-PIM, yet hams continue to use them in duplex service. Many commercial sites will not allow it on-site for any purpose. And this topic comes up here on Repeater-Builder about twice a month.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "kc0mlt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:17 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: AC buzz on VHF > You say duplex noise. Meaning desense, or something else??? The 440 > machine that is there is having issues with desense even after fine tuning > the duplexer. > > Wade > > --- In [email protected], "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@...> > wrote: >> >> You want to get rid of any 9913 or LMR foil/shield cable in the system >> Can >> be a huge duplex noise generator. >> >> Chuck >> WB2EDV >>
