Well duh. Instead of drinking this coffee, I'll pour it on my crotch to wake
up.
Al
AB2ZY
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff AC0C [mailto:keepwalking188@ac0c.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:43 AM
To: Al Kozakiewicz; Bill Turner; RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] bandpass filters
To suppress harmonic content that is generated by the amps.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Kozakiewicz
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 8:25 AM
To: Bill Turner ; RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] bandpass filters
Since the highest power transceivers are 200 watts, why would you need filters
rated for 1500? There is no technical reason I can think of why they can't go
between the xcvr and amp.
Al
AB2ZY
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 11:15 PM
To: RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] bandpass filters
Bandpass filters at the 1500 watt level are quite expensive - around
$400 for each band. Do the math.
If you want to save some money, you can build your own. Accompanying each ARRL
Handbook is a CD which contains design software for high pass and low pass
filters. By choosing the cutoff frequencies carefully and putting them in
series, you could save a considerable amount of money.
This particular software is especially useful because it uses standard value
components. In fact that is the name of the program: SVC Filter Designer.
Here's a hint: Each filter segment can be looked at as a parallel resonant
circuit, i.e. a coil paralleled by two capacitors in series. You can use a grid
dip meter to carefully adjust the coil to resonate at the frequency given by
the standard equations for resonance. Do each filter segment separately, then
connect them together. You can check the final result by sweeping it with an
SWR meter while terminated into a dummy load or a real antenna.
It is also available at this website: http://tonnesoftware.com/ along with
other filter design software and there may be others as well. It is well worth
browsing around.
73, Bill W6WRT
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