Hey guys im sure this question comes up alot.
Im putting up a commercial repeater set up for my business use. Im using an icom fr-3000 repeater, celwave duplexer, and I need to find a good antenna to use. My coax run is 140ft and cannot be shortened. I have some belden rg-8 that I planned on using and an antenex FG1523, but my radio tech says that I will have alot of loss with this. Can anybody suggest a place to get a good high quality antenna for the cheapest price? Or, alternatively, should I just use the coax that I allready have, and the antenna, and see how it works. PS it is a vhf setup in the 153.xxx range on the repeater transmit side.
Im putting up a commercial repeater set up for my business use. Im using an icom fr-3000 repeater, celwave duplexer, and I need to find a good antenna to use. My coax run is 140ft and cannot be shortened. I have some belden rg-8 that I planned on using and an antenex FG1523, but my radio tech says that I will have alot of loss with this. Can anybody suggest a place to get a good high quality antenna for the cheapest price? Or, alternatively, should I just use the coax that I allready have, and the antenna, and see how it works. PS it is a vhf setup in the 153.xxx range on the repeater transmit side.