Re: [amsat-bb] will this work ?

["Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxxxxxx>]

I've heard this being done.  I finally got a IC-7100 receiver and I doing 
to try something similar.  Dual AO-40 receive, I'll be able to receive 
Telemetry and operate at the same time.

KB7ADL


At 05:48 PM 4/16/03 +0000, tjfloren@attbi.com wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My dish/downconverter is feeding AO-40 to my IC-910 (IF is 2 meters) with 
>lots
>of excess gain, I even use the attenuator.  I also have an IC-756PROII . . .
>
>Can I split the signal coming from the DC and send part of it to a frequency
>converter to 10 meters and feed the receive antenna input on the 756?  This
>would give me a nice visual display of the passband and possibly even a 
>better
>way to hear the signals as opposed to the 910's receiver.
>
>Will this work and what commercial equipment would you suggest I use for the
>splitter and the 2 mtr to 10 mtr frequency converter?
>
>(another worry . . I am using 13.6 volts on the coax center conductor to 
>power
>the DC.  Will it pass through the splitter?  Will the 12 volts hurt the 
>input to
>the IC-756PROII ?)
>
>Thanks.  Tracy Floren K7KCS  k7kcs@arrl.net
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