RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-10 Thread no6b
At 1/9/2010 20:49, you wrote: The GP9 I used on the repeaters was on a hill that was about 900 feet elevation. The problems didn't seem to make any difference regardless if the user was 2 miles out or 10 miles out. Then either you had lots of foliage absorption (lots of trees in Oregon), which

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-09 Thread no6b
At 1/8/2010 23:39, you wrote: I used a Comet GP9 for about 2 years on a 444 Mhz repeater, then connected a 2 meter repeater to it. The 2 meter system performed FAR better than the UHF system. Both repeaters were nearly identical in performance otherwise, the GP9 simply performed much better on 2

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-09 Thread JOHN MACKEY
From: n...@no6b.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input At 1/8/2010 23:39, you wrote: I used a Comet GP9 for about 2 years on a 444 Mhz repeater, then connected a 2 meter repeater to it. The 2 meter system performed FAR better than

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-09 Thread k7pfj
-8052 Cellular _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JOHN MACKEY Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 9:50 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input The GP9 I used

[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-08 Thread phantom1071
Hello All, I am looking to rebuild a 70cm repeater with an output within the ham band. We currently have a non-tunable fiberglass comercial band antenna wich is giving us a SWR of about 2:1. The first piece of advice we are looking for is recomendations for replacing the antena. There are some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-08 Thread Oz-in-DFW
From the information you've provided I'm look hard at a Motorola R1225 or a pair of GM300s. The diamond will certialy lower your SWR, but so will a 50 ohm dummy load. Low SWR isn't the only concern any more than antenna gain is. It's likely the Diamond will work, but these ham market antennas

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-08 Thread Brent DeSalvo
Depending on what coverage you are looking to expect, will help you choose the proper gain antenna. A higher gain antenna is not always a good choice and can cause more problems and poor coverage then you would expect nearby the repeater. What is you HAAT? Are most the user going to be fixed

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-08 Thread no6b
At 1/8/2010 16:22, you wrote: Depending on what coverage you are looking to expect, will help you choose the proper gain antenna. A higher gain antenna is not always a good choice and can cause more problems and poor coverage then you would expect nearby the repeater. Andrew said he wants

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input

2010-01-08 Thread JOHN MACKEY
I changed sites and the repeaters each got their own antennas. Then they performed roughly the same. -- Original Message -- Received: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:35:36 PM PST From: n...@no6b.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Rebuild Project Input I