Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Radiating leaky cables and repeaters

2009-02-19 Thread Doug Bade
They ( in line rf amps) are commonly used in mines. They are bi-directional amps. Those I am familiar with split the vhf band in half... one half goes each way with filters to allow bi-directional duplex.. Mine Site Technology is one vendor The whole system operates under 5 watts... I

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Radiating leaky cables and repeaters

2009-02-18 Thread Ray_Vaughan_99
I don't think I've ever seen an amplifier along a leaky coax system. Since the holes in the coax are 2-way, the downstream amp would also amplify anything that leaked INTO the coax before it. That would cause lots of interference as well as oscillation from the output of the amp to the input.