Running the hamtronics REP-200 with the optional 15 watt PA in it. After all the filtering, I get a whopping 8 watts out.
I put a small strip amp inline with the TX port of the repeater, before the filtering, and it caused desense. Maybe tossing spurs - I have no way to test. Location is also not great for the moment, and the antenna is very temporary. A Diamond x500 connected with COAX (please dont shoot me). The club antenna will be down off the old tower (8 bay sinclair) and I do have the heliax for it. The amp is a UHF PA off a mobile rig, and I needed about 50 feet of RG58U to attenuate the signal from the repeater into the amp module. Is this my problem? Lack of shielding causing desense? When I put everything back to normal, my test station was solid copy. What is my best option to get a little more oomph on the output with out tossing megabucks at it? Thanks Ian VA2IR
