No, they use hard line. Other suggestions is a repeater output 15KHz off of our input that is pulling the receive over. I've got hard line just no time. We were buried under snow for months and then when it cleared my daughter started chemo. No time. But I'll have to make time.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@...> wrote: > > Probably the LMR-400 cable is the cause. Well documented and discussed here > regularly. Are the other repeaters with the same problem also using the same > type cable? > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob - AF6D" <b...@...> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:46 AM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-750 Crunchy/Grungy Weak Signal Audio > > > > My 2 meter TKR has worked fine for about a year but has always had a > > problem on our frequent weak signals. We're a mountain community and > > CERT/RACES/ARES/Skywarn users are often on HT's. There are a couple of > > towers in the neighborhood at 6,400 feet over southern California (it's > > kewl living at a repeater site) and on my own gear I don't hear anything > > on a weak signal beyond the norm. But on the TKR it just sounds dirty. > > Grungy. Crunchy. There are commercial sites within one mile with high > > power paging but we've detected no intermod. We did have a bout were > > grungy audio was breaking PL and hanging until timeout. But that went > > away. The Wacom 6 cavity WP-642 is tuned dead on and offers excellent > > isolation and rejection (at a cost of 2-3dB loss on TX <sigh>). > > > > Another TKR user at a high elevation commercial site reports similar > > experiences. Yet another TKR owner reported that his is excellent and yes > > the audio is good. Just not for us on weak signals. He suggested perhaps > > an RFI issue but from where? > > > > Our installation is modest and constrained only by my lack of time and > > funds. My daughter is sick and I live in a hospital with her, so be gentle > > HI HI. The very large guard dog watches the house. > > > > The antenna is a Hustler G5-144 tuned with a MFJ 259, dead on and above > > the repeater through an insulated roof by about 30 feet. We have no > > desense. It is fed with LMR-400 just because I haven't put hard line on > > it. No preamps are installed. At 6,400 feet not much is needed. The > > receiver is .18uV. The TKR hears very well compared to my FT-847 with an > > antenna 20 feet lower. > > > > Why the grungy audio? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3059 - Release Date: 08/08/10 > 13:57:00 >
