[Elecraft] Re: mod to allow K2 to handle huge in-band signals--please try]

Sat Jan 4 00:13:02 2003

What kind of diodes are you referring to?  How many volts are we talking
about?  Wouldn't this de-sense the receiver by quite a bit?  Before a
diode even gets into full conduction, it enters a non-linear region.
All sorts of mixing products will be present.  I'm guessing the
distortions you are referring to are the mixing products that occur.
Are you thinking of using small signal diodes? What would be the FV?

Regards,
Robert VE3RPF

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Earl Ritchie
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: mod to allow K2 to handle huge in-band
signals--please try]

John, KI6WX wrote:

 > Placing the diodes after the Xtal filter guarantees that only inband 
signals
 > would be strong enough to cause diode conduction.  The filter 
following the
 > IF amp removes some of the distortion caused by the diodes.
 > -John
 >  KI6WX
 >
 >
 > I had exactly the same reaction as Gary ... why would anyone transmit

on the
 > same frequency in such close proximity to each other?  Now with
Eric's
 > explanation, I understand the HFpackers' application and it makes
sense.

 > 73,
 > Ed - W0YK
 >
 >
   Well this may be dumb, but I still dont understand why anyone would
operate three transmitters

in the same place on the same frequency.  What are HFPackers?

de Earl VE3VI

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