[Repeater-Builder] Re: battery question

--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Tony VE6MVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 10:33 AM 2006-01-14 -0600, you wrote: > >>I have in service an Interstate brand 8D-PHD lead acid deep cycle battery > that is nine years old and at nearly 80% of its brand-new capacity. > > How do you know i

[Repeater-Builder] Decibel Products DB-224 Antenna & Noise

Hi All, Have a problem with crackling noise on a two-meter repeater with weak signals during damp periods. The RF deck is a Vertex VXR-5000 running 30 watts into a Wacom WP- 641 duplexer. The jugs feed 400 feet of Andrew LDF5-50 7/8" Heliax going up to a side mounted DB-224 on a conventiona