--- On Fri, 7/25/08, garyp609 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: garyp609 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: How to figure cable length for duplexer?
> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 7:09 PM
> Jim,
> Thanks for the response. The duplexer is a Telewave
> TPRD1554. They
> are brand new and bought from Tessco tuned. The cable on
> the RX side
> is marked 11" in black marker on the connector and the
> TX side is
> marked 11 1/2 ". Both cables terminate at the T. I
> just want to feel
> assured that they are the right length as I feel my
> performance
> should be much better and want to rule out the duplexer.
> Gary K2ACY
>
It probably is the duplexer. The specified rejection is only 77db. Unless you
are running very low power and have a rotten receiver, that is not enough
isolation.