Jim Lux wrote:
>> For a receive-only setup, you could easily run the 315/433MHz control
>> signal up the coax, along with 12V DC power and the returning signals
>> from the Beverages. A few inches of wire threaded under the shield braid
>> at each end of the coax (like the old Monimatch) should make a good
>> "launcher" and "catcher", and the coax link should deliver far stronger
>> signals than over the air between antennas.
>>
>>
>
>when I was looking at 2.4GHz for HF antenna control, I was more worried
>about overcoupling and having the HF destroy the 2.4GHz stuff (or, at a
>lesser scale, having it saturate the front end).
>
I did say "for a receive-only setup". Duplexing UHF on a HF transmitting
coax requires more thought and planning to avoid overload or damage, but
can certainly be done; and Pete's application with Beverages doesn't
have that problem at all.
--
73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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