What was the outcome of this? Chuck WB2EDV
-----------ORIGINAL MESSAGE-------------- > My repeater partner and I have recently placed our new 440 machine. We > have realized some odd issues. We bought a new Telewave ANT450F10 to > put on top of the 100' tower, fed with a new piece of Andrew 5/8" > heliax. We also side-mounted an old DB420 with the top a few feet down > from the top of the tower with about 85' of old 7/8" Andrew heliax. > So, we put smokin' new gear on top, and smokin old below it. The DB420 > is spaced correctly from the tower and is set up with each half 90 > degrees rotated. > > The tower is on relatively high pasture land (for NE Kansas anyway) > with a nice clear view all around. I'll not say we're on a hill, but > on relatively high ground. We are attempting to cover two towns > approximately 25 miles apart. We are 1/3 of the way from town 1 to > town 2 and about 3 miles N of the highway that pretty much is a > straight shot connecting them. > > The Telewave setup on top performs poorly. The DB420 on the side is > working great. By this difference, I mean signals that are getting in > full quieting on the DB420 are very noisy on the Telewave. Transmit > differences mirror receive. S9 reception on the DB420, switch to the > Telewave and it's S1-S3. We experience this phenomenon in all > directions.
