Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-21 Thread Neil McKie
Always terminate the un-used port in a 50 ohm load. A 20 dB pad will work here as the return loss is 40 dB. Neil - WA6KLA Ken Arck wrote: At 05:18 PM 6/15/2005 -0700, you wrote: It sometimes helps to use 6 dB attenuators on either side of the cavity when tuning in this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-21 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 02:21 PM 6/21/2005, Neil McKie wrote: Always terminate the un-used port in a 50 ohm load. A 20 dB pad will work here as the return loss is 40 dB. Termination is easy, and inexpensive. I've just begun to build my library of attenuators. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:21 PM 6/21/2005 -0700, you wrote: Always terminate the un-used port in a 50 ohm load. ---Of course but I'm a firm believe in using a pad on every port. It's the only way to guarantee a 50 ohm load on them. Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-21 Thread Bob Dengler
At 6/21/2005 12:46 PM, you wrote: At 12:21 PM 6/21/2005 -0700, you wrote: Always terminate the un-used port in a 50 ohm load. ---Of course but I'm a firm believe in using a pad on every port. It's the only way to guarantee a 50 ohm load on them. Ken How very true. I once tried to tune a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-21 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 03:12 PM 6/21/2005, Bob Dengler wrote: At 6/21/2005 12:46 PM, you wrote: At 12:21 PM 6/21/2005 -0700, you wrote: Always terminate the un-used port in a 50 ohm load. ---Of course but I'm a firm believe in using a pad on every port. It's the only way to guarantee a 50 ohm load on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-15 Thread Eric Lemmon
Dave, Here's the WP-678 tuning instructions: http://www.repeater-builder.com/wacom/wp678-665-UHF-tuninginstructions.pdf 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY Dave VanHorn wrote: Does anyone have tuning instructions for these? The pass is easy, and it's done, but I don't see how to adjust the notch

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-15 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 01:05 AM 6/15/2005, Eric Lemmon wrote: Dave, Here's the WP-678 tuning instructions: http://www.repeater-builder.com/wacom/wp678-665-UHF-tuninginstructions.pdf AH! It's under the covers! I didn't know if those were screws or covers, or what. Thanks, all done now, it only takes a few

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-15 Thread Eric Lemmon
Dave, Congratulations! It's always good to hear about successes in duplexer tuning. (The dust covers on those Johansen tuning capacitors have fooled a LOT of people!) One little tip: If you want to squeeze the utmost performance from your duplexer, but your spectrum analyzer doesn't have the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-15 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:18 PM 6/15/2005 -0700, you wrote: It sometimes helps to use 6 dB attenuators on either side of the cavity when tuning in this manner, so that a relatively uniform impedance is presented. ---I would argue that you should ALWAYS use a pad (3 or 6 dB) when tuning a cavity. If for no other

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wacom 678-A

2005-06-15 Thread Dave VanHorn
If the jumper cables are the correct length, the combined performance of the cavities *should* be the sum of the individual cavities, minus the losses in the jumpers. That is a question, it was on 460-ish, now 440-ish. Seems like still a relatively small change, but I don't know EXACTLY how