yeah no, i have no problem with any of that, what i did have a concern over, was my misunderstanding of the way the question was asked
" If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my repeater be 4 watts or 35 watts? "Marcus On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Mike Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually a duplexer does have a wattage - it has a > power LIMIT. > > The small chinese duplexers use a tiny, low voltage > capacitor inside each stage and the have a limit of > 35-40 watts. > I have a small duplexer here that has a limit of 50 watts and > a large rack mount unit that has a limit of several hundred watts. > > Things aren't pretty when a duplexer arcs over internally. > You have half a chance of repairing the ones that are > bolted together. The ones that are welded together > make halfway decent doorstops. > > Mike > > > At 11:24 PM 05/26/10, you wrote: > > A Duplexer has no wattage as it is neither a Transmiter nor Reciever > i am trying to understand your 35 watts point > > Marcus > > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM, kf7eec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is > 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my repeater be 4 watts or 35 > watts? > > Thanks! > > Michael > KF7EEC > > >
