Kris, I take it you've never seen what an impedance imbalance does to the notch depth of a BpBr duplexer. It's not a pretty site.
Steve Allred / K6SCA RF System Design Engineer / CET Delta Wireless & Surveillance Solutions --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Kris Kirby <k...@catonic.us> wrote: From: Kris Kirby <k...@catonic.us> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF RX Splitter Needed To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 3:51 PM On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Steve Allred wrote: > The impedance of a CATV amp / splitter is 75 ohms, plus they usually > have a higher noise floor. When was the last time you saw a receiver that actually had a 50-ohm input impedance? No, I don't mean the connector or the coax leading into the receiver. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst