At 1/8/2010 23:39, you wrote: >I used a Comet GP9 for about 2 years on a 444 Mhz repeater, then connected a 2 >meter repeater to it. The 2 meter system performed FAR better than the UHF >system. Both repeaters were nearly identical in performance otherwise, the GP9 >simply performed much better on 2 meters.
The GP9 does have significant nulls below the horizon on 440, so if your repeater was on a mountain & you were trying to access it close-in, it would appear to perform much worse than on 2 meters, where the gain is lower. The only GP9 I have on a mountain is used for TX only, so I don't care about the close-in coverage. At 15 miles away the main lobe hits the ground. Bob NO6B
