I know the frustration your dealing with. When you did your RF tests, were you keying the XMTR. thru the local mic. or with the rcvr. disabled, or were you in the full rpt. mode and using another radio (HT) or low power signal source? My problems only showed up in the full rpt. mode, after i had checked everthing else in the rpt. disabled mode and everthing look great as far as forward and reflected power, etc. Any way LOL again on locating the glitch.
Doug N3DAB --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "tahrens301" <tahr...@...> wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > I put the connectors on the hardline myself, & was very > careful in doing so. Also did an RF check with a dummy > load on the end, and no loss/problems. > > I am going to concentrate on the actual connectors from > the Quantar. > > thanks, > > Tim > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "n3dab" <rb_n3dab@> wrote: > > > > I've been following this thread on and off. I was wondering if you tried > > replacing the 100' plus run of RG-214 with another cable. Or if you have > > pulled the connectors on each end to see if they are properly installed. > > (I have had connectors installed by the cable supplier that were bad. in > > one case a direct short between the shield and center conductor because the > > cable wasn't properly trimmed, and in another case the shield was deformed > > during the installation and the distance between it and the center > > conductor was close enought to short when RF was applied but still not show > > a short when check with a VOM for continuity.) All it takes is for a > > couple of strands of the shield braid to be in the wrong place when you key > > up. to cause all your greif. Also, you might want to do the same with all > > the other cables (inspect and/or substitute 1 at a time). > > > > Barring that I would suggest you change out every adapter/fitting and right > > angle connector you have in the system, from rptr. to antenna, one at a > > time to see if the problem lies there as well. The 100' horizotal distance > > and 10' vertical distance are not where the problem is. You have got a > > faulty component os sheilding problem. > > > > My 2 cents worth. > > > > Doug N3DAB > > > > >
