Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-05 Thread Adam T. Cately
At 07:17 AM 2/1/05 -0800, you wrote: At 03:13 PM 2/1/2005 -, you wrote: Does anyone have, or know where I can get plans to homebrew a 144/440 MHz crossband coupler (aka diplexer) ?? I would like to find something with wideband characteristics (ie, low pass, high pass) such as some of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-02 Thread Tony King, W4ZT
Derek, Take a look at this one. You can build your own and by choosing components you can can handle all the power you want: http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/duplexer.html and for hf-6/2/70cm: http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/diplhf6m-vuhf.html The weak link will be the capacitors and you can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:13 PM 2/1/2005 -, you wrote: Does anyone have, or know where I can get plans to homebrew a 144/440 MHz crossband coupler (aka diplexer) ?? I would like to find something with wideband characteristics (ie, low pass, high pass) such as some of the diamond or comet models, but needs to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread James
And they have lots of duplex noise, even on 440 :) I changed all the cabling on mine to RG 393 (142, 214 would work too). Duplex noise gone after that! James Ken Arck wrote: At 03:13 PM 2/1/2005 -, you wrote: Does anyone have, or know where I can get plans to homebrew a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:55 PM 2/1/2005 -0500, you wrote: And they have lots of duplex noise, even on 440 :) I changed all the cabling on mine to RG 393 (142, 214 would work too). Duplex noise gone after that! ---I use two of 'em, each with no pigtails - only hard connectors on each port. Can't say I've

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread Bob Dengler
At 2/1/2005 07:17 AM, you wrote: At 03:13 PM 2/1/2005 -, you wrote: Does anyone have, or know where I can get plans to homebrew a 144/440 MHz crossband coupler (aka diplexer) ?? I would like to find something with wideband characteristics (ie, low pass, high pass) such as some of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread Bob Dengler
I guess that could be a problem, but I've had pretty good luck with mine. If they are kept in a controlled environment so the coax doesn't pull in water, they should be OK. If you're really concerned about it, you can go with a pigtailless model. Bob NO6B At 2/1/2005 11:55 AM, you wrote:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread Mathew Quaife
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler? I guess that could be a problem, but I've had pretty good luck with mine. If they are kept in a controlled environment so the coax doesn't pull in water, they should be OK. If you're really concerned about

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Homebrew a 2M/440 crossband coupler?

2005-02-01 Thread James
Mine had pigtails, that japanese crap sucks (foil/braid shield). RG 393 was a blessing! James Ken Arck wrote: At 02:55 PM 2/1/2005 -0500, you wrote: And they have lots of duplex noise, even on 440 :) I changed all the cabling on mine to RG 393 (142, 214 would work too). Duplex