[Skimmertalk] Red Pitaya 1:14 impedance transformator + SV1AFN pre-amplifier

[DD5XX (Saki)]

Hi Martin,

thanks for feedback. I think I will order one from SV1AFN. I already did
send him an email with some questions yesterday. Hopefully will order
one this week. Thanks again and have a nice week.

Best 73
Saki, DD5XX


Am 23.10.2017 um 01:32 schrieb Martin Rath:
> Hi Saki,
>
> I use Maki's J310 LNA in front of the red pitaya for 2 2 reasons:
> 1) additional gain. As per Maki himself the res pitaya requires an
> additional 5-10 dB amplification.
> 2) to protect the inputs: less than 2 were after i got the RP a close
> by lightning took out the AD8066 op amp. I did manage to replace don't
> want to so that all too often: Singapore gets hit by major t-storms
> over 200 days per year. Running a skimmer here is not always easy as i
> cannot always be home to unplug the antennas. I would much rather have
> to replace a J310 than the AD8066 another time.
>
> I'm happy with the performance. I'm still waiting for one 14:1
> transformer but it's already on the way.
>
> 73's Martin 9V1RM 
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 at 00:13, DD5XX (Saki) <dd5xx at web.de
> <mailto:dd5xx at web.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     thanks to Bob (N6TV) I got one of those Red Pitaya impedance
>     transformator 1:14. I wonder if anyone did try to add a
>     pre-amplifier on
>     the input and if so what is your experience ? I have heard and did
>     read
>     lots of positive feedback on the pre-amplifier offered by SV1AFN
>     on his
>     website. I would be interested in the kit "J310 push-pull HF pre-amp
>     0.5-54MHz" (see "https://www.sv1afn.com/j310preamp.html"). Do you
>     think
>     to gain some more dB performance with this combination ?
>
>     Red Pitaya INPUT1 <---- 1:14 impedance transformator <---- SV1AFN
>     pre-amp
>
>     Looking forward into your comments.
>
>     73
>     Saki, DD5XX
>
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Vy 73s de DD5XX
Saki