At 02:44 PM 6/14/2005 -0500, you wrote: >I have Some Ham Friends who work in the Steel Mills near Gary Ind, they >cannot get into the Local 2 Meter Repeater . but can get in on 220, But not >Hear it very good so I thought just Maybe a little more wattage from My >cottage might just help penetrate the Steel Buildings.
<---2 things here. You say they can't "get into the local 2 meter repeater" - sounds like a receiver issue to me, not a transmitter one. Secondly, going from 62 watts to 100 watts (at the duplexer end of the feedline) isn't going to make much (if any) difference pentrating a steel building. Thirdly, your amp will live much longer throttled back as it is versus running it "balls out". That it's rated continuous duty doesn't change anything. IMHO of course :-) Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html We offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
