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Re: [TenTec] Tapping a Delta II for a panadaptor?

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Tapping a Delta II for a panadaptor?
From: "rick@dj0ip.de" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:28:31 +0100
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There is a company in Greece that makes a 9-band BPF especially for this
kind of radio.  It costs less than $100.
https://www.sv1afn.com/ham_band_presel.html 
They ship world-wide.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 1:20 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Tapping a Delta II for a panadaptor?

Another obstacle is that cheap SDR receivers like SDRPlay lack bandpass
filtering.

Barry N1EU

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I thought the QST article for panadapters was very poor.  It 
> recommended using the IF to feed the panadapter.  This is an archaic 
> method.  Today with the SDR receivers available such as SDRplay, much 
> better results can be obtained without the need for an IF tap.  These 
> new SDR receivers (such as SDRplay) can receive over a wide frequency 
> range typically from 50 khz to well over 30 mhz.
>
> Because of this, the most modern hookups now just involve connecting 
> the SDR receiver to the same antenna as the main radio and running 
> them in parallel with the main radio.  This gives a much wider and 
> more versatile panadapter than being stuck with the radios IF.
>
> The only obstacle to this is a good way to share antennas without 
> transmit power from the main radio destroying the SDR receiver.  Some 
> main radios offer a receive out and receive in loop so with those 
> radios it is a simple setup.
>
> For radios that don't have a good way to share antennas, several 
> companies offer solutions.  For example, one such solution is the 
> DXE-RTR-1A from DX Engineering.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 58 Hogwood Rd
> Louisburg, NC 27549
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> On 1/29/2017 9:57 PM, km2km@twc.com wrote:
>
>> After reading the Panadaptor article in the FEB 2017 QST  I'd like to 
>> try that with my Delta II
>>
>> Has anyone done this?  Where is the tap for the IF?
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> 73
>> Kris KM2KM
>> MERSCHROD
>> 123 Warren Road
>> Ithaca, NY 14850
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