I posted this on QRZ earlier and already I'm being told I'm too young/stupid to have a repeater and I should bascially go dig a hole and die.
I'm posting here because I've been told this is a much friendlier forum.. so..
Hi all,
I run a repeater on 147.345 + made from two mobile radios that are isolated (sorta) from each other and a Sinclair 4 cavity duplexer tuned to my frequency, as of one day ago, so it shouldn't be out of tune. We are running double shielded coax for the jumpers to the radio, and a 17 foot UVS300 by Workman for a temporary antenna, which is sitting at 6 feet (again, just to find any issues before we put it up at the site.)
My problem is..
I got literally 1 mile from my house in the mobile (5/8 wave antenna) and it went to S-0!! It is running 75 watts. Even if the thing was "cutting down" for SWR, I should still hear it more than S 0. (I can even see the antenna) I'm kind of concerned. Any ideas, anyone on what to check into?
Thanks!