Comments by "knoxieman" (@knoxieman) on "Retevis RT97 Portable Repeater First Look - Review Part 1" video.

  1. Yes have to agree with that, 259 is only rated up to 300Mhz and many folks dont make the plugs and leads up properly leading to problems, a lot of the cheap 259 connectors are poorly made and only any good for CB applications, its something he can mention to Retevis as this is a pre production unit, it cant be much of a stretch for them to fit N Type connectors and supply adaptors, lots of us are guilty of using 259 on UHF when we really shouldnt.
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  2. Oh dont use the Surecom SR-628 if you value your spare time and you want good performance.
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  3. Not sure why folks think the price is high? I value the week I spent trying to get the surecom repeater system to work properly about 5 times what this unit costs! looks a solid robust little device, if they can make it with an adjustable split they might sell a few in to the UK and the US, I will be interested to see what's inside and exactly how it performs, if they can manage the split I can see Raynet using these for event repeater stations maybe, it looks fairly watertight to me. Really good review though, oh and liked the bit at the end too, blimey your friend was making a lot of fog with his vaping device ;-) do you ever get asked why your loitering around a stack of antennas on a lonely foggy moor? ha ha I used to get asked all the time when out and about doing the wifi link experiments, I imagine these days the public and the police are even more suspicious :-) Tell Retevis to use N Type (MIL-STD-348) connectors on the case and not PL259, 259 isnt rated at UHF or anything above 300Mhz, I know we all tend to do it but they should fit N Type to the case and supply the end user a packet of N type to SMA adaptors or plain male N type plugs to solder on to the antenna lead, when I move house I am changing all my UHF kit over to N Type.  Get part 2 up quick ha ha, I have spent all weekend making my next video I don't think some people realise how long it can take to make test videos, its an interesting video I think however experience tells me that the one take 1/2 hour to edit and upload videos often get way more views.
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  4.  @RingwayManchester  should be wednesday, a lot of work has gone in to it and I'm being a bit more scientific, I even use a spread sheet 😀 can't wait to see part 2 of this 😎
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