[Drakelist] Re Diversity Reception

2011-08-08 Thread John Brown
Probably need two antennas, two receivers and a multiplexer that can switch between either receiver as the signal on each antenna fades in and out. It was called Diversity Reception and was used for commercial RRTY (among others uses)in order to maintain a constant signal feed to the RTTY

[Drakelist] Fwd: Re Diversity Reception

2011-08-08 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:58 AM, John Brown wrote: Probably need two antennas, two receivers and a multiplexer that can switch between either receiver as the signal on each antenna fades in and out. It was called Diversity Reception and was used for commercial RRTY (among others uses)in order

Re: [Drakelist] Fading

2011-08-08 Thread K9sqg
There is a slight addendum that I believe should be added to the traditional belief that antennas need to be physically separated in order to use them for diversity reception. While I agree with the statement for identical antennas, it does not necessarily hold for dissimilar antennas. Why?

Re: [Drakelist] Drakelist Digest, Vol 38, Issue 18

2011-08-08 Thread TC Dailey
the Hallicrafters DDR-1 was specifically designed to do JUST THIS. In Uncle's Navy, we used two types - frequency diversity (different propagation characteristics) and space diversity - 2 different antennae (sometimes, with different receivers AND at different locations), If ya got the real

Re: [Drakelist] Trimmer Capacitors for T4XB

2011-08-08 Thread Tom Lewis
Any suggestions on where I might find a source for the 2-25pf and the 7-100pf trimmer capacitors for the T4XB? Also need the 18.1 mhz crystal. Tom / KR6Q ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net

[Drakelist] anybody have

2011-08-08 Thread Gypsymt34
Hi all, Nosing around for a non functional Drake CS-7 remote antenna switch ...remote box, complete. Yes I know it probably got hit by lightning. Anyone out there have one they want to part with? If so please email back direct. Carl wd8nhk (Dayton,