On 6/13/2010 6:51 AM, ka9zap wrote:
> I was using another brand transverter which suffered big time
> from channel 2 tv signal, I live about 25 miles from the
> transmitter. The transverter needed a notch filter installed in
> it to take out the tv signal.
Is the Channel 2 TV station still on the air after the
transition to digital TV a year ago? In this area, 6 meters
has been rarely used because of proximity until the Channel 2
station left the air after the transition.
Last year we used the by-then unused Channel 2 six bay antenna
for the VHF phone contest. We were running a 500 W amplifier
only because we couldn't get the promised 1500 W amplifier in
time. There was more loss in the 35 feet of RG-8 coax between
the amplifier and the antenna patch bay than there was in the
almost 1000 feet of 8-inch coax to the antenna.
We (inadvertently) overloaded six meter receivers for about
20 miles around. Needless to say, we scored Number One. We
can't do it again this year because the antenna has been
disconnected and it and the feed line capped off.
-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Skyline Tower Amateur Radio Club
Portland, OR
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