I want to use coaxial stubs to trap out interference in a two radio
setup. I've got a Dunestar Bandpass filter in
line with Radio B, which works some, but with some combinations
of transmitting on certain bands and with certain antennas on Radio A
and listening on certain bands/using certain antennas on Radio B, it
doesn't do the trick satifactorily. I want to add coaxial stubs for
additional attentuation. My idea is to use an automatic antenna
switch setup to get the band Radio A is on, and switch in a stub
Tee'd of the Radio B line. My understanding is that each stub is
a quarter wave piece of coax. Is there a problem with harmonics
on the stubs? For instance, if Radio A is on 40 and Radio B is on
15, will the 40 meter stub absorb some of the 15 meter transmitted
signal? Can the stub be coiled up? Can I use RG-58 for the stub? All
my transmission lines are RG-213. Does it matter how far from Radio B
the stubs get Tee'd in? I saw a note about using trimmer capacitors
at the end to tune the stubs. What values are suggested and what
technique to tune? Thanks for your help. 73. Ken, AB6FO.
>From raid5!davep@csn.org (Dave Palmer) Wed Nov 10 23:42:25 1993
From: raid5!davep@csn.org (Dave Palmer) (Dave Palmer)
Subject: N6KL SS CW Single Op results
Message-ID: <9311102342.AA26214@raid5>
N6KL results from Colorado, and advice sought!
SS CW Low Power
304 Qs x 70 Sections = 42,560 16 hours
80 71 W3EDP-style 3/8 wave-long wire up 20'
40 80 Inverted Vee up 20' in a tree.
20 69 AEA Isoloop inside the attic
15 83 "
10 1 "
Low budget station details: Rig=Ten Tec 544,
PC=IBM PC Convertible @4.77 MHz, with DoubleDOS and running
KJ6K's Ultimate CW program in one partition and my "QRR" logging
program in the other.
Well that was fun, kinda, but I am beginning to think fun is
proportional to antenna height. Overall I did a bit better last year
portable from Wyoming (won 1st place low power there) and sounds like
some of you could have used the Wyoming mult.
The IsoLoop actually works pretty well from inside the attic, but
snow was still covering the North side of the roof. For S&P operation,
the IsoLoop is kind of a pain but you get good at retuning it with
practice. On the bands it covered, it was always better than the
low, outside end-fed wire, except for working other Colorado-ans.
I had also put an inductively loaded dipole, fed with 450-ohm ladder
line, inside the attic, but never used it because the outdoor (lower)
40-meter dipole would receive signals about 10 dB louder!
I need to call CQ more, even with the lousy antennas. When I call CQ
it takes *so* long to get responses, that I get itchy, and feel like
if I'm not turning the VFO, I'm not doing anything!
From my CC&R'd QTH, towers are out of the question, so I am left with
indoor and outside TEMPORARY antennas, so question for you all:
For domestic contests, which is superior:
1) A ground mounted vertical (like HF6V) with large number of radials
2) A 2nd-floor balcony-mounted vertical with wire mesh covering the wooden
balcony, plus a few longer radials wrapping around the house.
(Balcony is on the south side of the house, so there
would be some blockage of signals to the north).
3) A 200' end fed wire from the 2nd floor out out to a temporary pole
25' high, wire pointing southwest or southeast.
4) Use 30' high metal chimney as support and ground leg for 1/4 wave
slopers for 40 & 80.
5) Mount the IsoLoop on back of the 4x4 and drive to Wyoming and
operate mobile from quasi-rare section. :o)
MANY thanks for any suggestions. I think there are a lot of us struggling
weak-signal types who would benefit from you experts out there. And your
typical want-to-be contester doesn't *yet* have the big towers, so when
he/she dabbles in their first couple of events, they get pretty frustrated
and go do something else.
73,
Dave Palmer, N6KL
davep@arraytech.com Boulder, CO
>From robert penneys <penneys@freezer.cns.udel.edu> Thu Nov 11 00:38:59 1993
From: robert penneys <penneys@freezer.cns.udel.edu> (robert penneys)
Subject: SS score
Message-ID: <9311110038.AA26330@freezer.cns.udel.edu>
Low power, single op part time effort from Delaware...
567 x 76 = 86,184
Nex year, DXpedition to VE8. Send your $$ here.
Tnx for Q's, gang. CU on phone, maybe. Bob WN3K GO FRC!!
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