[Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread Coy Hilton
It may sound interesting (and cheap) but the reason that no one else has suggested it is because the impedance miss matches it causes. That is why you need something like a multicoupler whis is first a pre amp to keep the loss to a minimum then sends the pre amp to a splitter that maintains

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread Roger Grady
At 12:29 PM 12/19/2005, Coy Hilton wrote: It may sound interesting (and cheap) but the reason that no one else has suggested it is because the impedance miss matches it causes. That is why you need something like a multicoupler whis is first a pre amp to keep the loss to a minimum then sends the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread hwingate
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Roger Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:29 PM 12/19/2005, Coy Hilton wrote: It may sound interesting (and cheap) but the reason that no one else has suggested it is because the impedance miss matches it causes. That is why you need something like

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread Jeff DePolo WN3A
It's called a Wilkinson splitter. Here is a link to some of the theory. I don't think it's fair to call it a Wilkinson without a resistor across the output ports. A real Wilkinson provides port-to-port isolation due to the addition of the resistor. A tee and 75 ohm cables doesn't provide

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread Jeff DePolo WN3A
You can handle the impedance matching by using 1/4 wave sections of 75 ohm coax between the receiver input and the T. The 1/4 wave 75 ohm section steps the 50 ohm receiver input impedance up to 100 at the other end, two of those in parallel at the T gets you back to 50 to match the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-18 Thread skipp025
If you use any of the below listed devices, you'd better chuck the pre-selector (rx-filter) and put something better in front of the preamp. Been there, done that, coffee mug and tee-shirt. cheers, skipp Eric Lemmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good idea! Here are two: Sinclair:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-18 Thread skipp025
The below is an old Decibel Products method and it does works (and was used) on their Tx Combiners. I have one here... along with some very limited paperwork on it. cheers, skipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've posted this a few times... **IF** loss on the incoming signal(s) isn't an