Hi Rich, I’m afraid that won’t work on either of my previous board designs or on the original YCCC combiner board. This is because the boards all have a low impedance ground plane that the F-connectors are 4-point soldered to. There is no (easy) way to isolate each connector from the ground plane.
73, de steve ve6wz > On Feb 1, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Rich Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your continuing work on this Steve. I'm currently using the dual > core/ RG179 transformer designs enclosed in pvc, with short equal jumpers to > your last combiner/amp design (just using it > as a N.S.E.W. 5-circle this winter). I may take one of my spare combiner > boards and build it up, cutting in the Murata devices on the five inputs, and > mount it in a plastic enclosure. I do like having the onboard preamp. This is > certainly a $$$ saving option, and reduces the F connections! > tnx... Rich, N8UX > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
