At 01:28 PM 9/17/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm looking for some anecdotal stories on this one.....the theory is
>fairly straightforward.
>
>Goal: Feed at least 2 receivers from a single Beverage without seriously
> degrading received SNR
>
>Beverages: 580' EU, 800' JA, 1500' Oceania (rough lengths)
> Matching transformers used on all Beverages
>
>
>This is for a contest application only. So my idea was to place a good
>preamp (ARR makes a decent one) at the Beverage feedpoints and then use a
>power splitter in the shack to feed the two receivers (160/80).
>
>I'm interested in any other ideas.....fire away.
>
>73
>Dave KM3T
>
Hi Dave. Talk to K8PO. He had plans for a low loss splitter. In fact, he
made one for me and it works fine with my R4C and Icom radio. Don't think I
ever got a copy of those plans from Paul though.
Depending on how close headend of Beverages is to xmit antenna, putting a
pre-amp out there may create more problems than you want. Don't forget ZJ
preamp and KD9SV's in Ham Radio Magazine. I found having the adjustable gain
pre-amp in shack everybit as good as having it out at the headend.
73 Craig NX1Guano
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