Bob, That is good news. I thought your 8 can set would tune up much better than the 6 can set I did. I had to mount the one I did on it's side also. I just got a piece of angle aluminum from the scrap pile and made a rack mount for the duplexer, so that it laid in the rack horizontally. I have seen them mounted in racks vertically, but they take up a lot more real estate in the rack when mounted that way.
Good luck and nothing wrong with a back yard repeater. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joe: > > Thanks for the info. I did a cheap 'n' dirty tune up with the service > monitor and my DC-to-light receiver and was able to get the beast to > behave surprisingly well. It required backing out the tuning screws > far enough so that the duplexer will now have to rest on its side, but > I think it'll work. > > Of course, there's virtually NO 220 activity here in Katrina-ville and > I can't find a decent site for yet another of my repeater projects, so > this may end up being a backyard repeater. > > Again, thanks for the info and sorry for the long delay in > acknowledging your response. > > 73 de K5IQ > Bob >