Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread sebdesnCC
Mr Brown, that is a seriously good paper on the subject!!!..thanks for posting it!! Bud W0HG ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Topband: Xtal Filter

2012-01-03 Thread Bruce
Tried it a few years ago as an experiment. Broke the antenna coax center lead and inserted the crystal. Worked great on one frequency. Would have been even sharper with a crystal holder capacitance balancing circuit like communications receiver xtal filters of the early years. One heck of a r

Re: Topband: Xtal Filter

2012-01-03 Thread Tim Duffy K3LR
Hello Anton! Here is a link to a 5 KHz 160 meter RX filter y INRAD. This may be what you are asking about? http://www.inrad.net/product.php?productid=231&cat=146&page=1 73 and Happy New Year, Tim K3LR -Original Message- From: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@conte

Re: Topband: Xtal Filter

2012-01-03 Thread Bill Cromwell
On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 09:38 +0800, Anton Moehammad wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I believe there is a 1825 KHZ xtal filter sell somewhere, can any body share > their experience about put a narrow XTAL filter in front of their recv ? (CW > works only) > > >  > Ir Moeh AntonHendra > Jambon Tengah

Topband: Xtal Filter

2012-01-03 Thread Anton Moehammad
Hi everybody, I believe there is a 1825 KHZ xtal filter sell somewhere, can any body share their experience about put a narrow XTAL filter in front of their recv ? (CW works only)  Ir Moeh AntonHendra Jambon Tengah no 290 RT1/RW3 Magelang 56121 Indonesia Mobile : +6285292611160 email   : moe

Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Andrey Fedorishchev
here in Russia, we love cheap cables too, and of cource they are OK in many many cases and serve for years, but I learned hard way and not once that if your need a trouble free life then go proven quality cables and matching connectors any coax is just a transmition line ... in a receiving syste

Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 1/3/2012 11:48 AM, Doug Renwick wrote: > One camp saying don't go cheap and another camp saying > cheap is fine. I pay 5 cents a foot for flooded RG-6 from Shaw Cable. > Copper coated steel center plus braid and foil. My receive 4 square run is > about 700 feet. I can hear more than I can wor

Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Renwick
Here we go again. One camp saying don't go cheap and another camp saying cheap is fine. I pay 5 cents a foot for flooded RG-6 from Shaw Cable. Copper coated steel center plus braid and foil. My receive 4 square run is about 700 feet. I can hear more than I can work. I don't need expensive RG-6

Re: Topband: CABLE AND CONNECTORS

2012-01-03 Thread chacuff
Times LMR-400 is an RG-213 equivilent. PL-259's can be put on both and will need to be properly done. (no folding back the braid and screwing them on..not wild about the new fangled crimping device either) Silver plated connecters are much easier to install when it comes to soldering the brai

Re: Topband: CABLE AND CONNECTORS

2012-01-03 Thread Bill Wichers
I would add that "sweep tested" doesn't necessarily mean the cable is good quality. I've seen some "sweep tested" RG6 made for satellite use that had maybe a 10% braid. I considered it to be horrible quality and would never use it. Keeping with a known brand that has a history of making a quality

Topband: CABLE AND CONNECTORS

2012-01-03 Thread Bill and Liz McHugh
It goes without saying that if one chooses to use cheap imported cable which has not been scoped then all bets are off. My earlier comments regarding RG-213 and RG-6 were based on the assumption that one would choose a reputable brand of cable (for which one pays a premium). Bill VE3NH __

Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 1/3/2012 7:06 AM, Andrey Fedorishchev wrote: > Cheap RG6, the one with CCS center conductor, sometimes shows quiet high > losses (few db per 300ft.) at 1-5 mhz and at the same time quiet low at > higher frequencies; > > Not only the losses but signal leakage is important and not every brand of >

Re: Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Andrey Fedorishchev
Cheap RG6, the one with CCS center conductor, sometimes shows quiet high losses (few db per 300ft.) at 1-5 mhz and at the same time quiet low at higher frequencies; Not only the losses but signal leakage is important and not every brand of RG213 or RG6 is suitable at some instalations; YMMV 2012

Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

2012-01-03 Thread Bill and Liz McHugh
There is only ONE way to properly install a PL-259 connector and if you are not using that method then anything can happen. New connectors won't make any difference to system integrity unless they are installed properly. As for cable, why would anyone use expensive cable like LMR-600 unless it