Or speed up the CWID one or two WPM, or change to a slightly higher tone frequency. Top 40 stations sometimes still do this trick (pitching up their CD players or automation system playback speed maybe 1%) - some PD's are convinced that it improves ratings for one reason or another...
--- Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 6:38 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: no power out of duplexer > SOLVED with more questions > > > > I agree. Put it back to the original output. I always like > to turn my stuff back at least 10%. > > Turn the beep tone up in volume, tell them you increased the > power. see what they say. > > 73, Joe, K1ike > > On 9/6/2010 5:04 PM, Paul Plack wrote: > > John, here's a more subtle lesson on repeaters, and it > has nothing to do with hardware... > > If you dial the power back 1 dB, your PA may be much happier. > > If you simultaneously change the courtesy beep to be > 10% faster, users will ask you what's changed on the > repeater. Tell them you've increased the transmitter output 3 > dB, and they'll claim to have noticed the improved coverage. > > Tell him guys...am I wrong? > > ;^) > > 73, > Paul, AE4KR > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Sawyer <mailto:tisaw...@gmail.com> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 2:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: no power > out of duplexer SOLVED with more questions > > > > > > >