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Re: [VHFcontesting] 6m Coax Stubs

To: Kenneth Silverman <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 6m Coax Stubs
From: Bart Jahnke <bjahnke@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 10:47:11 -0400
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That was fast - the filter has been sold...

73 Bart W9JJ

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Bart Jahnke <bjahnke@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> Following on Kenny's thread, I have excess to my needs one BUD LF-601
> filter available to anyone who wants to try it - say $30 shipped?
>
> 73 Bart W9JJ
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Kenneth Silverman <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the replies - many were direct to me.  There was a range of
>> answers from:  my 2m mast mount PA gets slammed, to I have the antennas
>> stacked 5' apart and there's no issue with legal limit.  For filtering,
>> some used low power band pass filters before the amp, some used HP BPF's
>> after the amp, and one person used a stub.
>>
>> It turns out one of my group has an ICE 6m 3KW BPF which I will use after
>> the 6m amp, and we have 2m BPF too.  We figure that should do the trick.
>>
>> While I was researching the issue, I ran into the following which may be
>> of
>> use:
>> Bud Radio Inc variable low pass filter LF-601 or LF-601-A, which is rated
>> at 1KW AM and factory set to cutoff after 33 MHz.  There are some on Ebay
>> right now.  If you have a network analyzer, these should be easily retuned
>> to cut off after the 6m band, which will suppress the 6m 3rd harmonic into
>> 2m
>>
>> 73, Kenny K2KW
>>
>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Kenneth Silverman <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone successfully used coax stubs on the output of the 6m amp to
>> > suppress 3rd harmonic interference into the 2m station (M/M station)?
>> If
>> > so, did you use a single or double stub?
>> >
>> > The antennas will be on separate masts, spaced about 40' apart, and 6m
>> > will run about 700w.  In most cases the antennas will side to side and
>> > roughly pointed in the same direction, but the beamwidth of the 6m
>> antenna
>> > is wide enough where the 6m antenna could be pretty much looking into
>> the
>> > (side) of the 2m antenna.
>> >
>> > Many thanks, Kenny K2KW
>> >
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