[Skimmertalk] Fwd: DXE-RTR-1

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Wed Feb 17 14:35:37 PST 2010


If your TRX has a receive antenna loop out the back panel, you can 
readily tap that with something like a splitter (for 3 dB loss) or a 
Clifton Laboratories buffer amplifier.  The buffer amp has quite high 
input impedance, thereby avoiding loading/desensitizing the transceiver 
it is connected to.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/17/2010 12:27 PM, Clive Whelan wrote:
> Sorry for the cross posting, but the question applies equally to any
> other SDR as to the Perseus itself
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	DXE-RTR-1
> Date: 	Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:25:43 +0000
> From: 	Clive Whelan<clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
> To: 	perseus<perseus_SDR at yahoogroups.com>
>
>
>
> Hi list
>
> Is anyone using this antenna switch from DX engineering with the
> Perseus, and if so have you found a way to share the antenna so that
> both a conventional receiver ( or transceiver) and the Perseus can
> connect to the same antenna at the same time? The automatic disconnect
> on transmit works very well to avoid damage to the Perseus front end.
> This would enable Skimmer to be used simultaneously to the normal
> operation of the transceiver. Sadly Perseus cannot be used as a
> stand-alone receiver in conjunction with a transceiver because of the
> latency which is in the order of 250mS.
>
>    The manual hints at this possibility but no application notes are
> provided.
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
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