[amsat-bb] Re: Diplexer

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

And its diplexer and duplexer.

On 09-Apr-11 15:15, Anthony Monteiro wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> Perhaps this will help clear up the confusion.
>
> A "diplexor" is a passive device that lets you split
> and/or combine signals based on their frequencies.
> It does not matter whether the frequencies are close
> together or on different bands nor does it matter if
> you are using it for transmitting or receiving.
>
> A diplexor is commonly used in radio and TV broadcasting
> to allow two transmitters on different frequencies
> to share the same antenna.
>
>
> A "duplexor" is a device that allows both transmitting and
> receiving over the same transmission line or antenna. It
> may or may not be a passive device and it may or may not
> be frequency selective.
>
> In WWII RADAR systems, a duplexor was used to allow
> the transmitter and receiver on the same frequency to
> share the same antenna. The duplexor was a waveguide
> device that had special gas-filled tubes to quickly
> switch the signal direction.
>
>
> A typical ham radio cavity duplexor is used in FM repeater
> stations to allow the transmitter and receiver to share
> the same antenna. Since it is a passive frequency-based
> multiplexor, it is also a diplexor.
>
> If you used the exact same device to instead connect
> two transmitters to the same antenna, it would no longer
> be a duplexor but it would still be a diplexor.
>
>
> 73,
> Tony AA2TX
>
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