Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread Michael Walker
Some cable tv splitters will work below 2mhz. You’ll need to test it to be sure. Mike va3mw Sent from my iPad > On Feb 2, 2019, at 4:42 PM, George Dubovsky wrote: > > Shameless plug: if anyone needs a new Mini-Circuits ZSC-2-1-75 (different > package, still BNC connectors), I have a bunch

Topband: JW5E/Svalbard Experience and CQ 160m contest comments

2019-02-02 Thread k1zm--- via Topband
Hi There Miriam and I just returned home to Cape Cod and are re-packing for our trip out to V84SAA on Tuesday. I thought I might pen a few lines about what it was like to visit Svalbard for the past 6 days - and to operate at JW5E. First - perhaps I did not enough homework about the place -  but

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread George Dubovsky
Shameless plug: if anyone needs a new Mini-Circuits ZSC-2-1-75 (different package, still BNC connectors), I have a bunch of them for $15 each plus shipping. Change one internal chip resistor, and it's a very good 50 Ohm splitter/combiner too. 73, geo - n4ua On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:35 PM Phil

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread Phil Duff
Fred KE7X’s K3 book (pg 162) suggests the Mini-Circuits ZFSC-2-1-75 so I picked up a couple used ones on eBay some years ago. These have some isolation between output ports. Have been to be working fine for me. 73 Phil NA4M 73 > On Feb 2, 2019, at 2:04 PM, Rudy Bakalov via Topband > wrote:

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread Steve Lawrence via Topband
I built a Magic T to connect my RX loop to both my Elecraft K3's RX only input and to the Sub RX AUX input to facilitate diversity receive. When the sub RX is turned on in the K3 there is already a 3 dB drop that you can hear in the main RX with the sub is connected to the main antenna. The

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread Rudy Bakalov via Topband
I use Mini-Circuits Z99SC-62 https://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/Z99SC-62-S+.pdf Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect. _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread John Kaufmann
It just realized that the number of turns I specified (in my post below) to use on the Fair-Rite binocular core will be a tight fit inside the core. The number should be scaled down as follows: 5 turns of 28 AWG magnet wire on the source side and 7 turns center-tapped on the load side. That will

Re: Topband: FT8 vs other modes - my numbers

2019-02-02 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
FT8 was not created to be a rate mode.  It is a weak signal mode.  For those of us a long way from the East Coast and salt it allows us to work stations that we probably had very little shot of working without FT8. Productive in what way?  To work new ones?  Check!    DXing is not necessarily

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread James Wolf
For a cheap and dirty 6 dB splitter, you can use a resistive splitter. https://www.highfrequencyelectronics.com/Dec10/HFE1210_Adams.pdf Jim - KR9U _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Rx splinter

2019-02-02 Thread John Kaufmann
The BCC splitter design suggested by PC2A is based on the "magic tee" splitter. An excellent tutorial on magic tee splitters can be found on W8JI's Web site: https://www.w8ji.com/combiner_and_splitters.htm. These splitters are very easy and inexpensive to build. A 1:2 splitter design