The lower power testing has been completed with some interesting results!
The coverage based on a Low Power output on the tracker (100mw) feeding into a 5.5dbi mobile car mounted antenna has proven some interesting results, the antenna on the igate is located inside a roof space approx. 8m above ground connected to a watson x30 5.5db gain on 70cm and the coverage produced from that has been quite surprising covering most of north walsham and the main road leading back to cromer before thorpe market
The NoV has now been issued and been allocated MB7UKT which is now showing live on the map’s after a igate reprogram
The next step is to get the antenna mounted externally (watson x30) at its full height of around 12m then get some LNA and filtering on it to help its RX capabilities along with a small PA to boost its 100mw to between 8-20w (depending which PA is purchased and fitted)
It should get a RX increase of +30db once filtering has been put in place