On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:36:37 +1100, Bob Bob
wrote:

A passive repeater? Basically an antenna both inside and outside the
room joined by a piece of coax.. Yes it works. I had it working with my
2m HT inside the home unit with a yagi sitting at the end of the
hallway, coax connected to the 5/8 on the roof of the house. (Only used
the yagi cause it was handy) Maybe 2-3 S points better at the time.
(best guess)

My shop is metal lined with the only openings being two small windows
besides the doors which are metal.

I have never been able to get a passive set up to work in there and an
HT is only marginal out in the yard. I figured the big antenna on the
roof with a short run of hard line would do the trick, but no joy.

I ended up using cross band repeat on 440 to the rig in the house.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


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