[Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band

2005-06-17 Thread Mathew Quaife
I need some input, not critisism or what I should do, as I know what to do. The other night a user was on the system, his audio was extremely bad into the system, his wife used the same radio and her audio was just as bad. All other users of the system sounded just fine. Two days later he re

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band

2005-06-17 Thread Eric Lemmon
What are the input and output frequencies of the repeater? What is the make and model? Is there an isolator between the transmitter and the duplexer? Certain models of older repeaters can generate spurious carriers if the shields are missing or improperly installed on the exciter. There may als

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band

2005-06-17 Thread Ed Folta
From: "Mathew Quaife" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:10 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band > I need some input, not critisism or what I should do, as I know what > to do. The other night a user was on the system

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band

2005-06-17 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 10:10 PM 6/17/2005, Mathew Quaife wrote: >I need some input, not critisism or what I should do, as I know what >to do. I've seen this in a Kenwood VHF repeater. The cause was the VCO having drifted quite a ways from where it was originally calibrated. The repeater was apparently mode-hopping b

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help, repeater output heard on Aircraft Band

2005-06-17 Thread mch
Just for reference, when air folks say 135.92, they really mean 135.925 MHz. They usually drop the last digit - be it a 0 OR A 5. Joe M. Mathew Quaife wrote: > > I need some input, not critisism or what I should do, as I know what > to do. The other night a user was on the system, his audio was