Not there yet. I don't even have a 6 meter rig. I am looking at getting the Yaesu FT-8900R for my first 6 meter. Any ways, I have built Master II Repeater, Micor Repeaters, and Lots of Mitrek Repeaters. So I am more familiar with Motorola than GE but I can handle both. Never built anything below 2 meter though. If I went with the Mitrek I would use two radios. Due to the isolation, use one for transmit and one for receive.
My site would be a 60 foot tower on my dad's place in south central Missouri. He has one of the tallest spots in our county so it is a great location. So the tower is empty now and I can add sections to make it taller if I need to. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of burkleoj Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 6 Meter Repeater Charles, Welcome to the world of 6 Meter repeaters. They can be a lot of fun. In Missouri you are a little better off frequency and duplexer wise due to your 1.7 MHz split between transmit and receive frequencies. For radios it depends if you are a GE or Motorola person. If you are a GE person, the Mastr II is the repeater of choice, followed by a Exec II. If you are a Motorola person, the Micor or MSR2000 are the repeaters of choice, followed by the Mitrek. For a duplexer, any good commercial duplexer rated at 1 MHz spacing should do the trick. Andrew LDF Heliax for feedline, and my favorite antenna is a pair of DB Products loops, if you have enough tower space. If not a single loop will work pretty good. I tend to shy away from fiberglass (Stationmaster style) antennas for use on 6 Meter repeaters. Your worst enemy will be anything rusty or loose on the tower. If you are on a busy site near other radios and man made noise, you most likely will not need nor want to use a preamp on the receiver, but if you are out in the middle of nowhere on a solar site with a good quiet solar controller a preamp may be of benefit. Good Luck with your project. Joe - WA7JAW --- In [email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , "Charles Rader" <kc5...@...> wrote: > > I am tossing around the idea of building a 6 meter repeater. This will have > to be single site if I do this. What are you guys using for the repeater, > duplexer, and antenna? > > > > Thanks, > > Charles KC5DGC >
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