Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/3/2021 3:53 PM, Andrew Ikin wrote: I guess what Chuck means, is a Ground loop due to the antenna end of the coax. screen being connected to Earth thus causing the feeder shield to become a loop antenna with the ground RF return path to Rx. Hence, resulting in excess noise pick-up. A

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Frank Krozel
Are you thinking of a Bias-T? MFJ sells them with some of their tuners. -73- FrankKG9H kg9hfr...@gmail.com > On Dec 3, 2021, at 5:53 PM, Andrew Ikin wrote: > > Chuck Hutton, > > Wrote on Dec. 3. > > That is exactly what I need so that power can be sent over coax feeds to > preamp at

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Andrew Ikin
Chuck Hutton, Wrote on Dec. 3. I guess what Chuck means, is a Ground loop due to the antenna end of the coax. screen being connected to Earth thus causing the feeder shield to become a loop antenna with the ground RF return path to Rx. Hence, resulting in excess noise pick-up. Normally

Re: Topband: More radials towards EU

2021-12-03 Thread John Kaufmann via Topband
EZNEC is correct. Adding more radials, even long ones, in a specific direction won't preferentially favor the direction in which the radials are added. It will help raise the overall efficiency of the antenna to a degree, depending on how many radials are already in place, but any improvement

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/3/2021 1:34 PM, Richard Thorne wrote: The problem with lightening protectors is the blocking of DC and you can't send voltage to the switch, pre-amp or what ever your trying to power over the coax. There are protectors that don't block DC. A study of mfr catalogs will find them. 73,

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Richard Thorne
I 'think' what Chuck is trying to do is install  a lightening protector at his coax entrance panel. The problem with lightening protectors is the blocking of DC and you can't send voltage to the switch, pre-amp or what ever your trying to power over the coax. My solution, good or bad, was

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Don Kirk
Hi Chuck, Based on the application you mentioned, I suspect you’re looking for commercially available bias tees. MFJ sells Bias Tees. Don (wd8dsb) On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:33 PM Chuck Hutton wrote: > Hi - > > Many years ago I saw some ground loop isolators that pass DC. > > That is exactly

Re: Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/3/2021 12:32 PM, Chuck Hutton wrote: Many years ago I saw some ground loop isolators that pass DC. There ain't no such thing as a "ground loop." It's a faulty concept, and using it to solve a problem are a bad idea. Most problems blamed on "ground loops" are the result of a failure to

Topband: Ground loop isolator that passes DC

2021-12-03 Thread Chuck Hutton
Hi - Many years ago I saw some ground loop isolators that pass DC. That is exactly what I need so that power can be sent over coax feeds to preamp at the antenna. I cant find anything on eBay that mentions passing DC in an isolator. None of the isolators I have will pass DC. Does anyone

Topband: More radials towards EU

2021-12-03 Thread Ignacy Misztal
My shunt fed tower has 36 radials 70 to 100 ft long. Would adding a few longer radials towards EU help to EU? Eznec says no. Ignacy NO9E _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: 160m cndx during CQWW-CW in OH

2021-12-03 Thread W3HKK
Sounds scary Roger. Glad you came out of it reasonably well. ( I have 52 ft of 1.5"x 4' sections of mil surplus aluminum mast ( one by one LIFT- then INSERT the next at ground level) laid into a 40 ft walnut tree, tied at the bottom to the tree trunk and guyed at the top with five 3/16" cords.