LCARA HAM Radio: Troubleshooting the Repeater / Bad Duplexers!?!? - Part 3

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Could the duplexers be at fault with our repeater? Let's find out!
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@sleeve8651
@sleeve8651 Жыл бұрын
When he said, " Dummy Load ", which guy was he talking about ? Seems theres always one, sometimes more ! 😂🤣😂
@BurtonChristmasLites
@BurtonChristmasLites Жыл бұрын
Make sure you are using RG-214, NOT RG-213 in the cabinet. Double shielded cables. Robert KD4YDC
@Richard_OKeeffe
@Richard_OKeeffe Жыл бұрын
First raule of fault finding .............. it's usually always the last thing you check that is the problem 🤣
@Hero1395
@Hero1395 Жыл бұрын
I used to tune duplexes in a similar way until I bought a Rigol DSA815-TG and return loss bridge. Best money I ever spent for repeater maintenance.
@rballad142
@rballad142 Жыл бұрын
I’ve tuned duplexers including that Wacom you attempted to tune, using a MFJ259, a handy, a dummy load and a homemade RF probe. Was amazed how close you can get, particularly if you know what you are doing. A spectrum analyser helps being precise and setting insertion loss to levels at which the Q remains decent. I love my Rigol DSA815TG.
@rickhole
@rickhole Жыл бұрын
Could you have depowered the repeater and coupled the feedline to a portable receiver on the input frequency, at the antenna connection to the duplexor, then at the output of the amplifier, then at the receiver input to determine quickly where the signal was lost? That could have eliminated the new antenna install , new feedline, a tower climb, tuning the backup duplexor. Maybe I am missing something. I last tuned a duplexor 20 years ago. A great episode!!! 73 de N8RL
@bigchew3149
@bigchew3149 Жыл бұрын
i have ben into radios for 35 years & i have had several pull my hair out events over the years & 90% of the time its something simple..Like a bad jumper..i fought one for a 3-4 weeks just to figure out it was a bad jumper..I then bought all new Teflon pl259's & so239 Connectors & that was that ! But i may have ben running a little Heat to but i will never tell..lol.
@rballad142
@rballad142 Жыл бұрын
The band reject is way more important than the bandpass over which you spent most of your time. That crude method you used may not always work for band reject without causing desense of the RX. particularly when. running an amplifier. If you don’t have a spectrum analyser. a better way to optimise bandreject is to use a Rf probe and a dummy load to tune the reject for minimum voltage across the dummy on the reject frequency. Even a nanovna should give decent results although it lacks the dynamic range.
@jamess1787
@jamess1787 Жыл бұрын
Those hand tools, 😢. Get the club a good set of pliers, wrenches and other assorted tools. Nothing like trying to work with crummy tools. 💔
@jbx907
@jbx907 Жыл бұрын
Nano vna is not going to cut it😂😂😂
@jbx907
@jbx907 Жыл бұрын
Not tousandth, it micro or millionth of a volt
@sleeve8651
@sleeve8651 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't the FCC say use only the amount of power necessary to establish the contact ? If you're not using an amplifier now, and can work the repeater from Fifty miles, why do you need an amplifier ? 🤔.....?
@radiotech1602
@radiotech1602 Жыл бұрын
This is so painful to watch.
@dehartman
@dehartman 11 ай бұрын
Why is that ? I thought it was informative.
@141711472520150
@141711472520150 3 ай бұрын
Agreed, very painful. The pass could have been easily field adjusted by finding the highest return loss / lowest swr. Poor troubleshooting skills.
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