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Latest Posts
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| J-Pole Ladder Line Questions | banfred | 2 hours, 1 minute ago |
| You sometimes get Sporadic E skip propagation on 52MHz, which converts the linear polarization into elliptical polarization, which would be compatible with a horizontally polarized J Pole. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic_E_propagation http://forums.radioreference.com/amateur-radio-general-discussion/268257-lets-talk-about-6m-fm.html discussion of 6M activity Zack Lau W1VT ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
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| J-Pole Ladder Line Questions | banfred | 5 hours, 17 minutes ago |
| 2M FM is almost entirely vertically polarized--the most common exception are satellite transmissions. Mounting it horizontally would result in cross polarization to normal 2M FM transmissions, resulting in a large loss in signal. You are also likely to see a detuning effect from mounting it close to building materials. The antenna tuner isn't likely to help--tuners are much harder to build at VHF as compared with HF, so they aren't as common. Also, the higher line losses at VHF make them much less effective than at HF. Zack Lau W1VT ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
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| KX3 on PSK31 using Signalink & Digipan | KZ6B | 1 day, 1 hour ago |
That indicates that you don't have audio on the headphone or speaker output making its way to the radio. You might try listening for it--disconnect your rig temporarily and use a computer speaker or headphones to hear it. A computer typically has more than one volume control window--you may need to hunt around to find the right window. Once you get that sorted out, the next step is making sure you have the proper connection from the computer headphone output to the mic input of the rig. Zack Lau ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
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| Return Loss Bridges | WB5EMX | 3 days, 8 hours ago |
| The return loss bridge can be used to characterize the impedance transformation of a balun--how much it increases the SWR of the system. In practice, this isn't as important as the loss of the balun, as most hams have a tuner to compensate for a mismatch created by the balun. http://www.w8ji.com/balun_test.htm http://karinya.net/g3txq/chokes/ Typically you want something that will accurately measure high impedances to characterize the choking impedance of a balun. How to Evaluate Your Antenna Tuner - Part 1 QST April 1995, pp. 30-34 With some simple low-power measurements you can learn a lot about your antenna tuner. There may be some real surprises. How to Evaluate Your Antenna Tuner - Part 2 QST May 1995, pp. 33-37 AI1H shows data taken using a low-power SWR tester and his simple load boxes to evaluate several antenna tuners. These two QST articles show a clever way to determine tuner loss. You can certainly use a signal source, detector, and a return loss bridge to characterize an antenna, but most hams find it more useful to use an antenna analyzer, which is a portable box that combines all these functions--the newer ones will even plot out the results on a graph--great for people who need a picture. When making SWR measurements it is important to filter out harmonics--either at the detector or signal generator. You won't get accurate measurements with a square wave and a diode detector! Zack Lau W1VT |
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| Heathkit HW-101 and SB-620 | KC1DAK | 6 days, 4 hours ago |
| Here is a very informative article on modifying the SB-620 for a 3395kHz IF, if that SB-620 is set up for something else. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tronola.com%2FConverting_the_Heathkit_SB-620_for_3395kHz_IF_Receivers.pdf&ei=rsPsVOLVGfiOsQSar4CwAw&usg=AFQjCNEFlmeXjlHBGVlp0fyh96ts0if2Tw&sig2=G0OwN7HV-c5UNLuRfyxuZg&bvm=bv.86475890,d.cWc&cad=rja |
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