Doc Johnson wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies. I ordered the DB224 cut for the ham bands, so
> the swr should be flat. I am going to take an antenna analyzer to the site
> and see what it says. I am going to replace the RG8 jumper with some 9913
> and eventually some !/2'" superflex. I am not concerned with de-sense at
> the site as I do not rx any vhf there, I just rx the uhf link tx from the
> site where the voter and all the uhf link rx are which is 8 miles away. The
> 375w tx just hooks to the feedline and then to the antenna. I am using a
> pl259 only because that is what Motorola puts on their 357 watt Micor amp.
> I have a brand new harness for the antenna so if the analyzer reports bad
> news the harness will be replaced. Probably will do that anyway. At least
> the antenna is on a building not a tower. I will look at the Bird site and
> make the correct length jumper so when I remove it the tuning should not be
> affected. Actually adding some remote metering would be cool and I could
> just leave the meter line section in. There should be some remote metering
> equipment surplus by now. Has anyone converted a 1kw commercial fm
> broadcast tx to the 147 mhz range?... Another project. That way I can stop
> using a commercial 2-way tx.
>
>
Telawave makes some inline couplers that are not too expensive. Much cheaper
than from bird. They are 2 direction. You can get them with a meter or supply
your own meter.
73
Gary k4FMX
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