Kevin, Don't feel bad- look at the number of postings that use you instead of your, your instead of you're, mhz instead of MHz, Khz instead of kHz, it's instead of its... the list is endless!
But, back to the thread... it's refreshing to see that more than a few list members know that a dummy load is purely resistive, while a duplexer cavity is reactive- explaining why a transmitter that works perfectly when feeding a dummy load can be unstable when connected to a duplexer. This discussion is both informative and quite entertaining! 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Custer Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Coax length, etc. Kevin Custer wrote: Joe Ham buys a new duplexer and hooks it up to his 110 Watt MASTR II repeater and gets 50 watts out the antenna port. He does his homework and realizes that he should only be loosing 29% Wow - loosing - that should have been losing - that's what I get for being in a hurry....
