RE: [Elecraft] K2 to antenna Power

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Wilkowski
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 to antenna Power Bob, That technique is often done to switch relays, so yes it can be used in the p

Re: [Elecraft] K2 to antenna Power

2007-02-18 Thread Robert
You need as a minimum a capacitor in the coax center lead to your K2 in order to prevent DC from getting into the radio. Second you will need a choke on your low voltage supply at a value that presents a large impedance to RF frequencies you are operating on and therefore blocking RF from ente

RE: [Elecraft] K2 to antenna Power

2007-02-18 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bob, That technique is often done to switch relays, so yes it can be used in the presence of transmit RF voltages. Basically the way it is done is to capacitor couple the RF to the coax at both ends (a series capacitor) and feed the DC to the coax through RF Chokes sized to have at least 10 times