I'm afraid your wasting your time. According to the document for the
Wacom 639 duplexer, this is what it says:
MIN. FREQ. SPACING: 600 KHz
POWER: TO 200 WATTS
Notice that it says "TO 200 watts". That would be if you were at 2MHz
of spacing or more. You are only at 600KHz spacing, so you power level
will be much less. I know it's not what you want to hear, but I believe
you have the wrong duplexer for a 100 watt solid state repeater.
73, Joe, K1ike
On 9/8/2010 9:18 PM, Richard Kelly wrote:
Good evening Eric,
Maybe this is why when the trasmit power is dropped to the 20-50 watt
range, the receive opens way up like it should. However, according to
the spec sheets regarding the Wacom SP-639 Duplexer, it is rated for
200 watts. So, again, not sure what's going on. We will be trying
other things such as adding a second ground rod outside the shack
instead of the single one we use now. We will also try isolating the
amp some more and replacing the coax feed line with hard line. Thank
you very much. We will be contacting Wacom directly tomorrow.
Rich Kelly, W2RRK
