Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Low Pass Filter location

2008-02-06 Thread Phil Kane
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:35:45 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote: > I would place the low pass filter between the K2/100 and the > KAT100 in any case. For any LPF to behave properly, it must be > terminated in 50 ohms (or something close), and that is not > realized with the LPF connected on the output of th

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Low Pass Filter location

2008-02-06 Thread Phil Kane
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:29:04 -0800, Vic K2VCO wrote: > Do you really have harmonic VHF TVI with the K2? Gosh, I hope not! But for the last 55 years of hamming I've lived in cities that had Channel 2, 5, and/or 6 stations, and although the vast majority of home TV sets are on cable or sat

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Low Pass Filter location

2008-02-06 Thread Don Wilhelm
Phil, I would place the low pass filter between the K2/100 and the KAT100 in any case. For any LPF to behave properly, it must be terminated in 50 ohms (or something close), and that is not realized with the LPF connected on the output of the KAT100. Any low pass filter worth its salt should

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Low Pass Filter location

2008-02-06 Thread Vic K2VCO
Phil Kane wrote: My concern is with non-linear components in the KAT100 RF path that would generate harmonics and negate the advantage of the filter. Sampling diodes, as in a SWR bridge, are always suspect. If this is to be a problem, I would have to get a second filter, one for each a

[Elecraft] K2 - Low Pass Filter location

2008-02-06 Thread Phil Kane
At present, I am using the K2/100 to feed a KAT100 antenna tuner. A 160m-10m dipole is connected to the KAT100 as ANT 1 through a low-pass filter and a dummy load is connected as ANT 2, controlled from the K2. I am in the process of installing another antenna (40m-10m vertical) as my