Stubs may be sufficient and they are easy and inexpensive to start with.
Buy this book:
http://www.qth.com/inrad/book.htm
And all your questions will be answered, including how to analyze your
situation. Best $15 you will spend.
Note that the relative positions of the antennas are important. If you
don't have to point antennas at other antennas in normal operation that
helps a lot.
Have fun! Jeff wk6i
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Gordon Bousman wrote:
> I'm just getting started in setting up my station for SO2R and am taking
> baby steps to get things set up due to a somewhat limited budget. However
> I now have a 6-Pack antenna switcher in the shack and a MicroHam M2KR+ will
> arrive in a few days to control my Icom 7600 and 756 Pro III rigs using
> Writelog. As far as filtering goes (and in order to be ready for the WAE
> RTTY contest), can I get by for now with filtering by just making up some
> stubs (which I think I will mount at the 6-Pack)? I only have one
> low-power amp (300 watts) and the 2nd rig will run barefoot. The main
> antennas are two hex beams separated about 100' from each other - plus a
> wire OCF antenna for 40-80 which is more or less between the two hex beams.
> I've tried to read about stub filtering online but I'm still unsure
> whether stub filters alone are sufficient. I would hate to blow up the
> front end of my brand new 7600.
>
> Thanks for any advice - this is sort of a last-minute rush SO2R project to
> be ready for WAE.
>
> 73 Gordon NW7D
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