Yes I have done this. The feed line loss will essentially add to the noise figure of the pre amp, which is not desirable, but in my case with a 70 foot run of 9913F7 the arr gasfet preamplifier was still worth using on 70 cm.
Sent from my iPad On 2011-03-13, at 9:36 PM, "Paul Delaney - K6HR" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone have their preamps in the shack as opposed to mast mount? > Any major disadvantage to having the preamps in the shack? > I just acquired two AR2 SPxxxVDG preamps and understand they are not > weatherproof and would need an enclosure to mount near antennas, which for > the time being is not possible. Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Paul Delaney - K6HR > [email protected] > http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
