Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-04-17 Thread Bill Coleman
On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Gregory P. Daly wrote: Any suggestions about protecting the GaAs FETs from VERY LOUD out of band signals, without causing nasty intermodulation products? It would be a shame to build a killer transverter and waste it’s excellent performance with clipper diodes

[Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Gregory P. Daly
Now that I have my K2 fully stuffed with goodies... DSP, NB, ATU, Battery, SSB, 60M, 160M, IO... I got busy on transverters... and have all 3 working... but... I plan to use the K2 and transverters, portable, for the June VHF contest. I use M2 “HO loops” for the “low gain” stack to allow quick

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Robert Friess
the other bands are active? 73, Bob, N6CM - Original Message - From: Gregory P. Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems Now that I have my K2 fully stuffed with goodies... DSP, NB, ATU, Battery

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Timothy A. Raymer
Gregory, Not inexpensive, but works well: http://www.dci.ca/ Specifically: http://www.dci.ca/?Section=Amateur We installed one of the 2M units on our repeater to eliminate bandpass and to give a DC ground to our preamp on our repeater system. It was intolerant of the energy from

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Gregory P. Daly
. Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems Now that I have my K2 fully stuffed with goodies... DSP, NB, ATU, Battery, SSB, 60M, 160M, IO... I got busy on transverters... and have all 3 working

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Robert Friess
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems Bob I have an HP435A power meter, I'll look at how much signal shows up on the 6 meter antenna tonight I

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread G3VVT
In a message dated 31/03/05 19:42:07 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not inexpensive, but works well: http://www.dci.ca/ Specifically: http://www.dci.ca/?Section=Amateur We installed one of the 2M units on our repeater to eliminate bandpass and to give a DC ground to our

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread Gregory P. Daly
Bob: A simple low pass filter would be nice, but it might not cover all cases. Eventually I'll be able to make max legal power on all bands, and I might find myself in a situation where the lower frequency signal damages the higher frequency transverter. At the moment, I'm only talking about

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread G3VVT
In a message dated 31/03/05 23:06:29 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm thinking external T/R relay is the smart move. If the relay is rigged to rest in the transmit position, when the transverter is powered off, the out of band signal will land in the PA output, I suspect

Re: [Elecraft] XV-50 LNA problems

2005-03-31 Thread VR2BrettGraham
There are parallels here to two-radio operation for radiosport at lower frequencies. Bandpass filtering not only keeps dangerous energy from blowing things up, but also makes it possible to operate on 1 band simultaneously, not hear phase noise from the other rig, etc. And unless VHF activity