I saw that line stretcher guy, Ian. He was next to the striped tower paint salesman. 73, Steve NU5D
PS - I have used an isolator in place of the TEE on the output of a duplexer. Not very practical there, though, and it sure knocks down the receive if you put it in series with the antenna, else the load gets really warm if you hook it up backwards.....steve IM Ashford wrote: > OK so you have a reel of cable and two connectors to make up the > jumper between transmitter and duplexer. > > The duplexer is tuned using 50 ohm test gear and the transmitter has > been optimised into a 50 ohm load. > > Unfortunatley the output impedance of the transmitter is not 50 ohms > and a length of cable to the duplexer will transform this > impedance,detuning the first can in the transmit chain. > A cable length can be found that minimises this effect > this length can be found more easily by measurement than by calculation. > > I recommend a General Radio line stretcher as your next purchase from > flea market/ebay. > >
