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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 04:30:52 PST
From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #41
To: Ham-Homebrew
Ham-Homebrew Digest Thu, 24 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 41
Today's Topics:
Advice, please, re 12V Battery Supply in Shack
How about VHF MOSFET's for 2-meter amp? (3 msgs)
Looking for sources of ferrite rod
What test equipment do you use?
Where is Dan's Small Parts?
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 18:55:42 PST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!mala.bc.ca!oneb!ham!emd@ames.arpa
Subject: Advice, please, re 12V Battery Supply in Shack
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
julian@bongo.tele.com (Julian Macassey) writes:
> In article <F9N3Hc1w165w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:
> >
> Battery stuff:
> >The question is the best way to keep the battery adequately charged
> >without over-charging it - I'm not sure merely connecting a DC power
> >supply to the battery is a very good answer.
> >
> >Suggestions as to the best method to both power the equipment AND keep
> >the battery from deteriorating would be appreciated.
>
>
> This whole subject was very well covered in a series of
> articles in that evil cultist rag QST.
>
> See "Practical Battery-Back-Up Power fro Amateur Radio
> Stations - Part 1, 2, 3." March, April, May 1990.
>
> Brian Kantor posted a good writeup on lead acid batteries on 28 May
> 1992. I have a copy and will mail it to the original poster or anyone
> else who wants a copy.
>
Thanks for the material, Julian. Interesting and useful.
(posting this because e-mail to you bounced)
Tnx and 73, Bob.
Robert Smits There is *no* idiotproof filter.
VE7EMD Idiots are proof against anything!
Ladysmith B.C. - Richard Chycoski, VE7CVS
e-mail: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:52:24 GMT
From: rit!isc-newsserver!ultb!jdc3538@cs.rochester.edu
Subject: How about VHF MOSFET's for 2-meter amp?
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
What are the advantages/disadvantages of RF power MOSFET's? From what
the listing shows, they have more gain than bipolars. Are there any
"gotchyas"? How does efficiency compare? They are listed for 28 or
50 volt supplies. How much power can you get at 12 volts? The 1994
ARRL handbook doesn't seem to cover any of this.
73...Jim
N2VNO
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Date: 23 Feb 1994 15:09:01 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!zaphod.crihan.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!elendir@ames.arpa
Subject: How about VHF MOSFET's for 2-meter amp?
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
J.D. Cronin (jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
: What are the advantages/disadvantages of RF power MOSFET's? From what
: the listing shows, they have more gain than bipolars. Are there any
: "gotchyas"? How does efficiency compare? They are listed for 28 or
: 50 volt supplies. How much power can you get at 12 volts? The 1994
: ARRL handbook doesn't seem to cover any of this.
Well. The first advantage of a MOSFET is its high input impedance. It
doesn't really sucks much power from the previous stage. Their input
impedance is essentially capacitive. They are more stable than bipolar.
They exhibit only quadratic distorsion, thus a push pull stage made up
with MOSFET can be really linear.
MOSFET also tend to dissipate less power than BJT, and to have a higher
bandwidth. Their output impedance varies less with frequency.
Vince.
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Date: 23 Feb 1994 16:03:49 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!grissom.larc.nasa.gov!kludge@ames.arpa
Subject: How about VHF MOSFET's for 2-meter amp?
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
In article <1994Feb22.215224.22050@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin) writes:
>
>What are the advantages/disadvantages of RF power MOSFET's? From what
>the listing shows, they have more gain than bipolars. Are there any
>"gotchyas"? How does efficiency compare? They are listed for 28 or
>50 volt supplies. How much power can you get at 12 volts? The 1994
>ARRL handbook doesn't seem to cover any of this.
I've tried using these for transmitter finals and found them pretty much
impractical due to the static sensitivity. One thunderstorm a few miles
away, and you just bought yourself a new set. MOVs, gas tubes, and other
protection will help, but they aren't the solution.
--scott
(On the other hand, I once had an antenna take a direct lightning hit
a few years ago. Most of it went through the arrestor, but it shattered
one of the two 833 finals and the plate tuning cap arced over and hasn't
been the same since. I was off the air for almost half an hour.)
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Date: 24 Feb 94 04:12:13 GMT
From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!mr.net!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Looking for sources of ferrite rod
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
I am looking for ferrite rod for winding antennas, making inductors, etc.
Since this is for a production quantity application, I would prefer
a reliable source who might stock various sizes and shapes of ferrite
rods, cores, and so forth.
Anyone out there in the ether happen to have a name and number of a
supplier of such items?
Please e-mail replies. If people are interested in what I find out, I will
post a summary.
Thanks in advance,
Paul J. Anderson - N0RIK
Stillwater, MN
pja@wrmed.com
wrmed@mr.net
n0rik@wb0gdb.stp.mn.usa
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:25:36 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hplextra!hplb!hpwin052!hpqmoea!dstock@ames.arpa
Subject: What test equipment do you use?
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
Using pulse generators with scopes, or the published DIY versions is
all OK, but the thing I got has over 1 GHz of bandwidth, and can
discriminate very small distances (millimetre). At 35 quid it was
cheaper than you would likely find either a scope or a pulse gen at a
rally or at a surplus store.
I've also got most (but not all) of a 12 GHz combined sampling scope
and TDR, but see no real use in the shack for it. Bought a scope frame
with this plugged into it, for less than the going rate for the frame
alone. TDRs really seem to confuse people... maybe the seller didn't
realise the frame was more useful and valuable than the plug-in?
I use TDRs professionally to debug mismatches etc, and to develop
broadband transformers (there is rather a good set of HP applications
notes...) but nowadays I more often use a network analyser with a
mathematically computed TDR function when I'd like to see the time
response rather than mag&phase versus freq.
Everyone seems to know the TEK scope families around here, but
no-one seems to know the old HP180 family, so I keep picking up odd bits
at absolute bargain prices, and I have a bit of an inside track on
knowing my way around them. Typically a 50MHz dual trace dual timebase
with a reasonably bright CRT capable of very fine focus for under $100 !
The only problem is that the trigger circuit requires canny adjustment
to get it to work at its best.
Cheers
David
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Date: 24 Feb 94 00:44:52 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Where is Dan's Small Parts?
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
I have been told that Dan's Small Parts etc is a good source for
homebrewing, but I have two addresses for him. One I got from
Homebrew Digest, v93, #8, which is in Montana. The other is from
last November's Popular Electronics article on parts suppliers,
which lists him as KA7QJY Components in Wyoming (Looked up call and
found it was Dan Stevig). Does anyone know which of these addresses
is current?
Also, I understand there is a list of parts suppliers somewhere on
the net. Can someone point me to it?
Thanks,
Mike, KK6GM
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End of Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #41
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