I bought a eBay retevis repeater consisting of 2 of those radios , power supply and a case here is the link https://www.ebay.com/itm/176430316639?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MCH-9Ak_QBu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=kQuvVT3uS1K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY. I'm having issues, the power output is 30 watts on both radios not 40 and I connected and set up everything right using 2 antennas about 40 feet away and at a different altitude and when I test it here at home it is working putting out 30 watts on the watt meter but when I do a range test after half of mile it doesn't work anymore I can't figure out why it it doesn't make sense both base antennas match under 1.5 SWR and even using a high power mobile radio I can't reach more than half a miles I don't know if the issue with the tx antenna killing the received signal I'm going to try it with a duplexer I just received it today if not I'm going to return it, does anyone here have an idea why is that happening?
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I bought a eBay retevis repeater consisting of 2 of those radios , power supply and a case here is the link https://www.ebay.com/itm/176430316639?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MCH-9Ak_QBu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=kQuvVT3uS1K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY. I'm having issues, the power output is 30 watts on both radios not 40 and I connected and set up everything right using 2 antennas about 40 feet away and at a different altitude and when I test it here at home it is working putting out 30 watts on the watt meter but when I do a range test after half of mile it doesn't work anymore I can't figure out why it it doesn't make sense both base antennas match under 1.5 SWR and even using a high power mobile radio I can't reach more than half a miles I don't know if the issue with the tx antenna killing the received signal I'm going to try it with a duplexer I just received it today if not I'm going to return it, does anyone here have an idea why is that happening?
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