Another option is to buy a second radio, and use it for the receive
channel. Your existing transceiver would be used solely as a
transmitter, and could thus be hard-wired to an isolator.

You'd need to run the receiver on a different antenna, or have some
form of switchable protection circuit to keep it from having its
brains blown out by the transmitter.



Of all the possibilites, I like this one the best... for reliability
and simplicity. We actually are antenna rich at this site. We also have a
small surplus of 2M transceivers, of which the receivers would probably
work just fine for packet.

If we can not negotiate an exemption from the management, I think this
is my first choice.

Thanks to all.

Ed




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