Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-29 Thread Joel Liburd
-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts yeah no, i have no problem with any of that, what i did have a concern over, was my misunderstanding of the way the question was asked If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-28 Thread x.tait.tech
yeah no, i have no problem with any of that, what i did have a concern over, was my misunderstanding of the way the question was asked If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my repeater be 4 watts or 35 watts?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-27 Thread x.tait.tech get real
A Duplexer has no wattage as it is neither a Transmiter nor Reciever i am trying to understand your 35 watts point Marcus On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM, kf7eec michaelh...@gmail.com wrote: If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-27 Thread Mike Morris
Actually a duplexer does have a wattage - it has a power LIMIT. The small chinese duplexers use a tiny, low voltage capacitor inside each stage and the have a limit of 35-40 watts. I have a small duplexer here that has a limit of 50 watts and a large rack mount unit that has a limit of several

[Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-26 Thread kf7eec
If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my repeater be 4 watts or 35 watts? Thanks! Michael KF7EEC

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-26 Thread wa0...@hughes.net
Michael You would have a 4 watt repeater because the duplexer does not amplify but just passes the signal thru from the ht transmitter. The 35 watt rating of the duplexer is just the maximum you can use. Good Luck Larry WA0VUS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-26 Thread Chuck Kelsey
2:00 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts If I would to use 2 HT radios that are 4 watts each and a duplexer that is 35 watts to build a portable repeater, would my repeater be 4 watts or 35 watts? Thanks! Michael KF7EEC