[Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR coax

2006-04-02 Thread skipp025
If you email or contact my (rotten to the core :-) friend Mike (wu7q) about his UHF Repeater System (on echolink and IRLP), he'll tell you the story of how his brand new LMR-400 feed-line worked great for about 3 months. The system was installed early in the year when outside temps were

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR coax

2006-04-02 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Hello Skipp,I would be really interested in knowing with say 10 watts going into the cable, how much reaches a dummy load at the far end. I have never had any loss issues with LMR400, other than breaking the center conductor. I have bunches of LMR500 and 600 with no trouble. Above 600, it makes

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR coax

2006-04-02 Thread skipp025
Hi Steve, In the approx 50' length of feedline we used, there appeared to be no un-realistic amount of loss in the new lmr cable. As mentioned earlier, sourcing the numb receiver was a real head scratcher for a week or two. Tx out power and return losss measured just peachy, but no cigar

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR coax

2006-04-02 Thread John Burningham
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Tim and Janet Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently there were some negative comments about the LMR coax. I have not used it before but was curious what problems others may have encountered while using it. Tim KB2MFS 1. I would NEVER use

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR coax

2006-04-02 Thread Kevin Custer
Dave wrote: Now I don't want to get kicked out of this forum, so I have to cross this one gently. I am the Anderson of Fleeman, Anderson Bird Corp http://www.fab-corp.com as mentioned above. We have offered for years a special amateur radio operator discount of 7% off your total. All