Topband: 9 circle RX array combiner board

[David Aslin G3WGN]

Indeed they do Mike.  I ordered a set last month, it arrived last week. 
But the combiner isn't to Steve's innovative design.  I'm using Steve's high impedance amp design for my build plus the PI4CC combiner and switchbox boards. 
Now Steve has put the cat among the pigeons with his new combiner design...
73, David G3WGN  M6O


-----Original Message-----
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett [mailto:w0mu at w0mu.com] 
Sent: 03 March 2020 03:20
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 9 circle RX array combiner board

You can order a board set from PI4CC I think...I am not sure what they used for the combiner circuit.  A set of board for the 9 antennas, the combiner and the switchbox was $65.00 us and they include one extra of each board.

W0MU

On 3/2/2020 7:35 PM, Edward stallman wrote:
> Thanks Steve for another great video on the YCCC 9 circle . I would 
> like to have one of Steve's combiner boards and if I remember 
> correctly , the folks that make the boards have a 3 board minimum . If 
> someone thinking of placing a order please let me know , I only need 
> one .
>
> Thanks Ed N5DG
>
>
> On 3/1/2020 4:22 PM, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
>> Just like some guys enjoy woodworking and making furniture that they 
>> may not really need, I like to build radio things just for the fun of 
>> the project even though I may not really “need” it.  For three years 
>> I have been using the original 9 circle RX array kit that I bought 
>> from DX-engineering, and it has performed well, but I wanted to build 
>> my own and add my own design tweaks.
>>
>> Using KiCad, I have designed and built a 9 circle RX array combiner 
>> with a 2N5109 pre-amplifier integrated onto the same board.
>>
>> The phase/combiner circuit and direction switching is the same as 
>> that designed by John W1FV which was developed with the YCCC and 
>> marketed by DX-engineering (no longer sold). The pre-amplifier is the
>> 2N5109 circuit developed and refined by Larry W7IUV.
>>
>> I made a YouTube video to show what I did.  I know some guys may not 
>> like watching videos, but I spent my professional career writing 
>> technical papers and I have no interest in doing that anymore (I am 
>> NOT an engineer, I am a geologist).  I can make a video pretty quick 
>> and cover most of the basics.
>>
>> In the video I describe the board layout and explain the basics of 
>> how the combiner works. I talk about the basic construction methods I 
>> use, but this is NOT a step-by-step "how to build it" project. If you 
>> want to build one of these, please carefully read and understand the 
>> great documentation that was provided by the YCCC (link provided) so 
>> you can build the transformers and wire things correctly.  This video 
>> is only meant to share what I did and provide anyone interested with 
>> the PCB file if they want to build their own.
>>
>> On the YouTube page I have a link to the KiCad PCB file if you want 
>> to order your own boards (I order my boards from OSH park) and a link 
>> to an EXCEL file for a parts list BOM.
>>
>> YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/utyJt_Clp3M 
>> <https://youtu.be/utyJt_Clp3M>
>>
>> 73, de steve ve6wz
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