Re: [Repeater-Builder] Line Stretcher

2007-06-30 Thread cruising7388
Line stretchers/shrinkers were also built by Kings Connectors (I have five of them) but I don't see them in their catalog any longer. They modified a female N barrel to mate with the shoulder of a male UG-21 that permits the barrel to thread in and out of the UG-21, effectively varying the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Line Stretcher

2007-06-30 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
I whole heartedly agree, Glenn, but with one say 100 Watt pa feeding a cavity duplexer, there is no phase delay issue, just a minor mis-match, that I doubt would ever be seen or heard outside the transmitter shack. The advice I was given on duplexers is once they are tuned properly, leave them al

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Line Stretcher

2007-06-30 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
WE also use a line stretcher in TV. When you have two UHF PAs that are fed to a combiner, it is very important that the phasing of the signals be correct. We use a line stretcher in the output of the exciter to the closest PA to effectively place the PAs at the same electrical distance from the

[Repeater-Builder] Line Stretcher

2007-06-30 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
Ian, I owe you an apology for my comment about striped tower paint in response to your 'Line Stretcher' post. I never thought of using such a tool on a short line between a transmitter and duplexer. I was thinking such was used in AM broadcast delay lines with phased towers, and never though of u