Hey! Doubtful I'll have an answer or suggestion by the time I leave tomorrow, but I was loaned a Motorola GR1225 UHF Repeater for an event I'm doing this weekend. Along with some LMR400 and an antenna. Essentially the full setup. Its a full 40 watt repeater with tuned duplexer.
But, the issue is, the range is so short! I'm only pushing 25 watts and this was just pulled from a working environment where it was actually pushing the full 40 and coverage was perfect. The only changes are the LMR, the one previously used was some high dollar 15 bucks a foot extremely low loss cable, and the antenna. Its a UHF J-Pole antenna, and I've already tried multiple types of things including changing the cable, and antenna, adjusting the programming a bit, and the range is just crazy short. I even had a friend stop by and try to trouble shoot it. I just don't understand. I can go without the repeater for this event for the most part, but I would appreciate a solution.
I can't imagine what would be wrong with it, everything is screwed in correctly, fixed up, set right, I've triple checked! The range is only not even a block, the antenna is about 12 foot up in the air in a clear line of sight environment. Help!!
(I'll feel really stupid if its something like the push of a button, lol.)
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Hey! Doubtful I'll have an answer or suggestion by the time I leave tomorrow, but I was loaned a Motorola GR1225 UHF Repeater for an event I'm doing this weekend. Along with some LMR400 and an antenna. Essentially the full setup. Its a full 40 watt repeater with tuned duplexer.
But, the issue is, the range is so short! I'm only pushing 25 watts and this was just pulled from a working environment where it was actually pushing the full 40 and coverage was perfect. The only changes are the LMR, the one previously used was some high dollar 15 bucks a foot extremely low loss cable, and the antenna. Its a UHF J-Pole antenna, and I've already tried multiple types of things including changing the cable, and antenna, adjusting the programming a bit, and the range is just crazy short. I even had a friend stop by and try to trouble shoot it. I just don't understand. I can go without the repeater for this event for the most part, but I would appreciate a solution.
I can't imagine what would be wrong with it, everything is screwed in correctly, fixed up, set right, I've triple checked! The range is only not even a block, the antenna is about 12 foot up in the air in a clear line of sight environment. Help!!
(I'll feel really stupid if its something like the push of a button, lol.)
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