Hi Rich,
I’m afraid that won’t work on either of my previous board designs or on the
original YCCC combiner board.
This is because the boards all have a low impedance ground plane that the
F-connectors are 4-point soldered to.
There is no (easy) way to isolate each connector from the ground plane.
73, de steve ve6wz
> On Feb 1, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Rich Dailey <richdailey@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your continuing work on this Steve. I'm currently using the dual
> core/ RG179 transformer designs enclosed in pvc, with short equal jumpers to
> your last combiner/amp design (just using it
> as a N.S.E.W. 5-circle this winter). I may take one of my spare combiner
> boards and build it up, cutting in the Murata devices on the five inputs, and
> mount it in a plastic enclosure. I do like having the onboard preamp. This is
> certainly a $$$ saving option, and reduces the F connections!
> tnx... Rich, N8UX
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