[GCARC] Need some antenna help

[Lou Bonaventura]

Great, thank you for the reply!

The equipment works fine when the PDN is not active and very close to 
brand new (at least most of it).

I agree, I think it's the fact that the antennas are so close together 
and that's what I was thinking but figured it wouldn't hurt to bounce it 
off some other people to get more input.

This pretty much confirms my thoughts between your comments and Al's 
comments and some other input I got off qrz.com.

I guess I'll have to evaluate my priorities ... been loving the Wires-X 
and YSF.

BTW - anyone within range can feel free to use the node if they like ... 
N2JXG-ND, 144.975 simplex, no tone.

It's just a node to connect to the Wires-X system and rooms, not a room 
in itself. I mainly have it connected to America Link, but change it 
around periodically.

I appreciate the help!

73!

Lou



N2JXG
Savannah, TN / Sewell, NJ
/Ask for my current QTH when we make contact!/

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*Wires-X:* 144.975 Simplex

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Stationary Node/Room (NJ): 74903 / 84903 / N2JXG-ND

Mobile Node/Room: 74933 / 84933 / N2JXG-RV

Portable Node/Room : 74903 / 84903 / N2JXG-FT3D

On 3/19/2022 8:15 PM, Tony Starr wrote:
> Lou,
>
> I don't really know anything about the WIRES-X system, but any VHF 
> antennas that are 10 feet apart are too close together for 
> simultaneous in-band operation. The fact that you are having problems 
> without even transmitting sort of confirms this, unless there is some 
> other problem with your digital equipment. I can de-sense my 2m 
> transceiver with a kilowatt of HF power, simply because my antennas 
> are close together.  You don't necessarily need to get rid of any 
> radios, but you may not be able to use more than one of them at a 
> time,  Good antenna switches that ground the coax when not in use can 
> prevent front end damage, and yes, it can happen even with the radio 
> turned off if you couple enough RF into the input.
>
> 73, Tony K3TS
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 11:10 PM Lou Bonaventura <n2jxg at lbon.net> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I'm looking for the antenna gurus here hi hi.
>
>     In my attic (yeah, HOA) I have (1) 2mtr vertical, (1) 2mtr/70cm
>     vertical, and (1) 6/2/70cm vertical antennas.
>
>     The 2mtr is connected to a FTM-200D for Wires-X PDN (50w, on
>     144.975 MHz).
>
>     The dual band is connected to a FTM-6000R (50w).
>
>     The triband is connected to a 991A (50w).
>
>     Whenever the PDN is active, the other radio's tx/rx is reduced to
>     practically nothing, even if the PDN is just receiving. I use my
>     HT to
>     connect to the PDN, or my mobile in my Jeep when I'm not at the house.
>
>     If I have the PDN in Direct Mode there is no issue, just when it's in
>     Access Point Mode.
>
>     I'm pretty sure it's some type of antenna coupling, one feeding
>     into the
>     others, but I'm not sure how to resolve it other than getting rid of
>     some radios, but I don't want to do that.
>
>     The 2mtr Wires-X antenna is 10+ feet from the dual band and about 25
>     feet from the triband.
>
>     The dual band is about 10+ feet from the triband.
>
>     Yes they are all in a line from each other due to the roof peak in
>     the
>     attic.
>
>     The 991A has no interference on lower bands and that is on a tuner
>     connected to my outside gutters, so no problem there, but I'm sure
>     it's
>     still feeding RF into the radio.
>
>     Any thoughts on resolving this issue before I burn something up? I
>     don't
>     like that it's feeding into the other radios.
>
>     Thank you and 73!
>     Lou
>
>
>     -- 
>
>     N2JXG
>     Savannah, TN / Sewell, NJ
>     /Ask for my current QTH when we make contact!/
>
>     TN Grid Square: EM55
>     NJ Grid Square: FM29
>
>     *Wires-X:* 144.975 Simplex
>
>     /All nodes below are public./
>
>     Stationary Node/Room (NJ): 74903 / 84903 / N2JXG-ND
>
>     Mobile Node/Room: 74933 / 84933 / N2JXG-RV
>
>     Portable Node/Room : 74903 / 84903 / N2JXG-FT3D
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