Celwave 900 Mhz duplexer question

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 4:46 pm

I've got a tuned and ready to go Celwave duplexer for 900 Mhz amateur freq.

It's model 5061-1 and the range on it reads 806-960 Mhz. I'm just trying to figure out how much power I can throw in to it. I've tried looking around at the RFS site for info, but no luck so far. Anyone have an idea?

Thanks

Jay

Post by **xmo** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 6:10 pm

50 W max

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:38 am

Ok, that works. Thanks.

Jay

thehead7 · Post by **thehead7** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:58 pm

Just curious. I'm looking into using one of those, and I am wondering:

What split did you tune it for? 25 or 12mc? What is your isolation like?

From what I've heard, I think they might be rated to 75 watts... Not solid on that, though...

Thanks,
Head

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:39 pm

I actually had someone do the tuning for me, sorry on that.

I had it tuned for a 25 Mhz split - 927/902 MHz. I kinda had to frown on the BNC connectors on the duplexer, but it was what I could find at the time, and the price seemed right. Now I just have to get my 900 transmitter (modified maxtrac) straightened out.

Jay

thehead7 · Post by **thehead7** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:04 pm

For the moment, my transmitter isn't the problem. It's getting a spectra to receive... Also working on the VCO lock, but that's not too big a deal...

I can think of worse things than BNC connectors. BNC tends to be pretty low loss, they just can't be used in harsh environments. Granted, nothing beats type N for stuff like that, but BNC isn't the end of the world.

I'm looking at picking a set up new, in the box, for about 175.

One way or another I'm going to be setting everything up for a 25mhz split...

Thanks for the info,
-Head