03/10 :  Repeater Upgrades!

   Today with the help of Laruen WA6CIE, Liz , Steve, Dave and others (I'm too tired to rember call signs or other names - If you helped please e-mail me and I'll add you in!)

We have upgraded our duplexer from a old notch-only (Lots of loss)to a pass/notch (.5 db on tx and 1.5db on rx) that now allows 90w to the antenna, compared to the 35 before. It also helps eliminate some interference issues we where experiencing!

We also cleaned up the site and did some minor programming changes.... But after we left the site I found out the link/control radio coax got unplugged! Oh well; almost 8 hours of work and we are a lot better.

Here are some coverage plots - They are based off of a best guess of receive levels - They vary with local QRM and QRN.
Coverage with a HT
Coverage with a moble with a preamp

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