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Re: [TowerTalk] Passive VHF Satellite relay Antenna Scheme

To: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com>,Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Passive VHF Satellite relay Antenna Scheme
From: Blake Bowers <bbowers@townsqr.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:49:39 -0500
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> and one low gain antenna pointed downward toward the small town in the 
> valley?  He just connected the two antennas with twin lead.  No power 
> amplifiers (no electricity up there).  This was popular back in the 
> days...did it work?
> 

Passive repeaters can be wonderful things.  Often used
in paging applications today, they extend coverage into
hospitals, malls, etc.

AT&T even used some on their long distance 
microwave system.  

No magic number on the coax, but it is best to use
two identical antennas.


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