I am using a number of Polyphaser units in line just before my cables enter my
home. I have opened them in the past to discover that there is nothing more
than a surge device from the center pin of the antenna side connector to
ground, then a capacitor from the antenna side center pin to the radio side
center pin. Matter of fact, I converted some UHF range units to HF range by
simply replacing the capacitor with the same value used in a factory built HF
range unit (I forget the exact value at the moment but it was either a 0.1 or
0.01uF disc).
This does not provide any kind of static dissipation. Can I simply open them up
and add a 1Mohm resistor in parallel to the surge device (antenna center pin to
ground) to allow for static dissipation?
Or will this affect the original performance of the unit?
If this is ok, will a 1/4w or 1/2w resistor handle 2kw key down? I don't think
anything larger will fit inside. So far the stock Polyphaser units have passed
the key down test.
Thanks
Eric
K2CB
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