[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-04 Thread skipp025
Harold Farrenkopf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was refering to the resonant frequency of just one loop and cable out of the can behaving like a quarter wave shorted stub (or 3/4 wave) for determining the cable length. No problama, for the most part, that's how many/most people select the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-03 Thread Harold Farrenkopf
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gareth Bennett garethb@ wrote: I inherited a TX combiner on a radio site that has just grown without any planning and thought involved. That would be about 80% of the combiners systems I've seen. Clint Eastwood

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-03 Thread skipp025
Harold Farrenkopf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 5x transmitters from 151.5 through to 153.025 with the closest TX to TX spacing being 250 KHz. which borders on almost being too close for a Star layout. Unless the bottles are large and high Q, those two legs prob. have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-02 Thread Gareth Bennett
are not the intended recipient, please return it to the sender and destroy any copies. Thank you. - Original Message - From: skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:04 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-02 Thread skipp025
Gareth Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I inherited a TX combiner on a radio site that has just grown without any planning and thought involved. That would be about 80% of the combiners systems I've seen. Clint Eastwood called it a Cluster in one of his movies. There are 5x transmitters

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-05-01 Thread skipp025
Harold Farrenkopf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easiest way to verify the actual length required is to remove the loop from the can (or adjust it for minimal coupling) and put it in the star with a cable of approximately the correct length and use 2 of the other star ports to measure the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-04-30 Thread Harold Farrenkopf
What band are you dealing with and its frequency spread? The length of cable including the loop's effective length and the star's contribution should equal an electrical odd multiple of a quarter wavelength. Easiest way to verify the actual length required is to remove the loop from the can (or

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Transmitter combining and Multicoupling information.

2006-04-29 Thread skipp025
Hi Gareth, Gareth Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am appealing to the wisdom of the group for information regarding Transmitter combining (Multicoupling). OK, we'll try to help. I am interested in the maths and formula involved in cable lengths, coaxial stubs, etc for the Star style