Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching

2009-08-20 Thread Jim Brown
of the completed DB-224 mod down to 146 mHz from 155 mHz. 73 - JimĀ  W5ZIT --- On Wed, 8/19/09, tahrens301 tahr...@swtexas.net wrote: From: tahrens301 tahr...@swtexas.net Subject: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 8:40 AM

[Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching

2009-08-19 Thread tahrens301
In my quest to get rid of desense with the Quantar, someone mentioned that having the 'wrong' antenna could make the desense worse. I've got a DB-224 - not the 'ham' version, but the 150-160 MHz version, and there is a bit of a mismatch. Has anyone ever had any desense that they could attribute

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching

2009-08-19 Thread NORM KNAPP
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed Aug 19 08:40:31 2009 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching In my quest to get rid of desense with the Quantar, someone mentioned that having the 'wrong' antenna could make the desense worse. I've got a DB-224 - not the 'ham

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 Matching

2009-08-19 Thread James Lee
Have you checked the repeater for desense without the antenna installed? As in most commercial repeaters they are usually designed for larger spacing than 600 kHz. Check it without the antenna and all open ports terminated with a 50 ohm termination. Then add the antenna and look at the