It also makes the transmitter much more stable frequency-wise. In fact, I made that exact mod to a Hamtronics exciter aver 20 years ago. Of course, it needed it much more than a Micor. ;->
Joe M. Laryn Lohman wrote: > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "n9lv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a motorola micor repeater that has the exciter keyed up all the > > time, the TLD5322. I'm told if it is not setup like this that it will > > have a delay in the keyup. The signal can be heard for a few miles > > from the repeater site. Is there another alternative to this? > > > > Mathew > > Our 70cm Micor does this too. You're hearing this at a "few miles"?? > Definitely not right. We can hear ours maybe 20-30 feet from the > rack cabinet, and none of that RF is radiated from the antenna. Like > others have suggested, check for missing shields, or maybe some way > that the RF is getting to the antenna. See if the signal at a few > miles away changes/goes away when the antenna is disconnected. > > Laryn K8TVZ > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > 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/