I was always taught to squeze the PTT button harder when your not making the repeater, which in theory gets more RF out of the finals.
On 2/17/06, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or, as one local Ham advised another, "turn up your power, your audio level > is low." The other ham was nearly full quieting into the repeater. > > Richard, N7TGB > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Finch > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:46 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate..... > > > Or turn up your squelch, I can't hear you is another one! > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim B. > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:22 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate..... > > > Bob M. wrote: > > > "Hams that already know everything..." > > > > I think I've met a couple of those. They're the ones who tell you to > > scrape all that ugly protective copper coating off the 1/2 inch > > Heliax before you solder the center pin onto it. > > > > They're the ones that tell you "All the connectors on that thing over > > there were loose, so I tightened them all up for you" and then you > > find out that "that thing" was the hybrid ring duplexer on 2 meters, > > and the "connectors" were the tuning rods that are now all the way > > down into the cavities. > > > > They're the ones that tell you to put two 100 watt amplifiers in > > series so you get 200 watts to the antenna. > > Ahh yes-the "tinfirgudbudy" crowd. Or as we like to call them, the > 'light-bar brigade'. > > "Turn up your volume. I can't hear you"... > |cP > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
