Oops, that should have gone directly. sorry
BTW, I could never use the Austin. VHF side runs 125 watts, UHF 90 watts!
Ken
Couldn't access the antenna today (only way is with a bucket truck). I figured we'd check that joint when we access it
Ken
At 03:49 PM 1/8/2025, you wrote:
Not from my opinion ???? I'd be checking the antenna to tube interface.... just sayin'
Matt
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Arck AH6LE via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 17:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: [repeater-builder] Update on Cracklies
After heating with a heat gun and cooling with freeze spray, everything in the rack (and also bypassing the diplexer), nothing made a difference in the appearance (and disappearance) of the crackles other than transmitter ON time.
Looking at the output of the PA with an SA doesn't show anything out of the ordinary either. And (I think I posted this before), the TX time to warm things up can come from either the UHF or VHF repeater, would seem to point to either the antenna and/or feedline and their connections.
As the UHF side of things never has cracklies, I feel I can rule out the feedline and various connectors and pin it down to the antenna.
Is my logic flawed?
Ken
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