-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to BOB SEABORN <=-   
      
    BS> The cost of an 11 metre duplexer would be horrendous, not so with a   
    BS> 70centimetre one, not to mention the physical size and gain of the   
    BS> relative antennae.   
      
    JA> Yeah - guess I'm thinking of the old US CB. :-)   
      
   Yes, that would be a BIG duplexer.  Many 10m repeaters go for multiple sites   
   instead of a duplexer.  As for UHF CB, well, the frequncy is nice to handle,   
   but the split is wicked.  I did read somewhere that the first time a cavity   
   manufacturer was given the specs, they were like "Are you kidding?".  The split   
   is only 750 kHz on a 477 MHz carrier frequency.  Much less than the typical ham   
   or commercial UHF repeater.   
      
    JA> To have had a repeater back in the day...   
      
   Would have been, umm, interesting.  I do enjoy 10m FM when the band opens.   
      
      
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