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Sharing aerial with DSC VHF and AIS
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Larry W4CSC
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Hi,
AIS operates on 162MHz which is in the maritime VHF band, I think. Can
I split the VHF aerial line to feed both a DSC VHF set and a stand
alone AIS receiver??? - this receiver in particular
http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/produ...pf%5Fid=AG3933
TVMIA
Think, think, THINK~! What do you suppose will happen to the poor AIS
receiver when you go keying 25 watts DIRECTLY into it from the VHF
TRANSMITTER?.....
Answer - The magic smoke will escape, rendering it BURNED TO HELL.
NEVER CONNECT TWO RADIOS TO THE SAME ANTENNA IF ONE OF THEM INCLUDES A
TRANSMITTER!
The device which DOES allow you to connect two (or even more) radios to one
antenna is called a ferromagnetic circulator. It isolates the other radios
connected to it from the one that's transmitting.
http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/circulator.html
http://www.wa8dbw.ifip.com/Circulator.html
http://www.macom.com/parametric/para...tors_Isolators
If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.....They're not cheap.
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