Hi Kevin
I run a star uhf linked system all on uhf between
430-440 here in South Africa , both the repeaters
439/431 and link 434/433 .I have had success with this
but there are many factors influencing the end result
.
Regards
Brad ZS5WT
--- Kevin Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Arck wrote:
>
> >At 09:15 PM 5/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Would there be any advantage to putting the radio
> in an RF box for
> >>shielding?
> >>
> >>
> >
> ><---The short answer? Only if you put the
> antenna(s) in a shielded box too.
> >
> >You're asking too much of physics by trying to run
> a remote base on the
> >same band as your repeater :-)
> >
>
> I disagree. One of my lower powered 2 meter
> repeaters will successfully
> remote base at the next channel, 15 kc away. I use
> about 100 feet of
> vertical separation, hand tuned to find the null,
> and a nice clean link
> radio. The link radio is a ICOM 2-AT and I run it
> at 200 mW most of the
> time. One thing to remember is you usually don't
> need much power when
> linking from a repeater site, so, use as little as
> necessary.
>
> Kevin
>
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