Antenna Questions (RSP-2)
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:42 pm
Hello,
Would appreciate your opinion on this, please.
I have a long wire antenna outside the house.
Goes to a Balun (grounded if I remember right), and then a long run of coax into
the house to the RSP-2
Medical problems would make it a bit rough to go outside to verify, but that's what I seem to remember.
Per suggestions here, I bought a 1:9 Balun from Noo Elec.
Will try to attach a pix of, but not sure if I can figure out how.
Anyway, the coax terminates at the coax connector on the Balun, and then 2 wires from that to the
two screw inputs on the green connector on the RSP-2
Exactly as your picture in Fig. 3 shows in your "RSP-2 Guide to using the high Z Port"
Not sure if this results in 9:1 or 1:9 ? Is this the way it should be ?
a. There is a third screw connector on the green RSP-2 connector which is apparently a ground.
Should I ground this screw connector ?
To what/where ? Really worried about blowing the input, or something, so thought I'd
ask here first, rather than just experimenting.
b. and do I have this correct: For <30 MHz use the HiZ input ?
For>30 MHz use the "A" input ?
c. What is the difference between the "A" input and the "B" input" ? Which used for what/when ?
Thanks,
Bob
Would appreciate your opinion on this, please.
I have a long wire antenna outside the house.
Goes to a Balun (grounded if I remember right), and then a long run of coax into
the house to the RSP-2
Medical problems would make it a bit rough to go outside to verify, but that's what I seem to remember.
Per suggestions here, I bought a 1:9 Balun from Noo Elec.
Will try to attach a pix of, but not sure if I can figure out how.
Anyway, the coax terminates at the coax connector on the Balun, and then 2 wires from that to the
two screw inputs on the green connector on the RSP-2
Exactly as your picture in Fig. 3 shows in your "RSP-2 Guide to using the high Z Port"
Not sure if this results in 9:1 or 1:9 ? Is this the way it should be ?
a. There is a third screw connector on the green RSP-2 connector which is apparently a ground.
Should I ground this screw connector ?
To what/where ? Really worried about blowing the input, or something, so thought I'd
ask here first, rather than just experimenting.
b. and do I have this correct: For <30 MHz use the HiZ input ?
For>30 MHz use the "A" input ?
c. What is the difference between the "A" input and the "B" input" ? Which used for what/when ?
Thanks,
Bob