[amsat-bb] Re: 145 MHz signal blocking 435 MHz downlink

[Jim Jerzycke]

The original article said it didn't matter, but I put a 50 Ohm load on 
mine just on "General Principles".

I HATE seeing a port like that unterminated!

73, Jim  KQ6EA


On 01/20/2014 10:06 PM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
> At 07:09 PM 1/19/2014 +0000, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Buy a diplexer, and connect it as shown in the linked article:
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>> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/Mode-J/
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>> I also tilt both of my Yagis so they're 45* to the boom, which makes 
>> them 90* to each other.
>>
>> Yes, I lose some signal on terrestrial use, but ti helped cut the 
>> coupling, and desense, down quite a bit.
>>
>> 73, Jim  KQ6EA
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> One thing I've always wondered about this is, would one what to
> put a 50 ohm non inductive resister on the 2M output of the
> diplexer? or shouldn't that make much difference.
>
> KB7ADL
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