Mt. Toro VHF install today – added a 2M repeater (Kenwood TKR-750) on 147.270 CTCSS 94.8 with Arcom controller and an additional power supply. 4-cavity Telewave duplexer. Installed 2-bay VHF dipole array on bottom half of side mount where UHF(WB6ECE 441.300Mhz) repeater had been. Fed with RFS 7/8″ line, grounded top and bottom, with Polyphaser at entrance. It is on the air, but receive performance is much worse than expected. We suspect it may be caused by the helical resonators being miss tuned in the repeaters receiver.
Next visit to Mt. Toro we will: install the VoIP link controller for the 2M repeater, replace the temporary two power supply situation with a single more efficient supply (possibly with a bit of backup battery to cover the generator start interval) and install a DC distribution panel to clean up all the DC wiring. And diagnose the poor receive performance of the new repeater.