[time-nuts] 10 MHz Distribution Amp

[John Miles]

Well, the *cheap* alternative is a simple CATV splitter, available off the
rack at Home Depot for $5-$10.  If you have enough 10 MHz drive, and if your
instruments will lock up reliably with the resulting attenuated output, then
you're all set.

Before I bought a 5087A, I was able to lock almost all of my HP and Tek gear
on a 4-port splitter fed by a Thunderbolt at +9 dBm.  The only exception was
my 5345A counter, but a $2 MAV-11 amplifier took care of that.

-- john, KE5FX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert Atkinson
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:35 PM
> To: Richard W. Solomon; Discussion of precise time and frequency
> measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 10 MHz Distribution Amp
>
>
> Hi,
> The cheap alternative is to use a video distribution amp. Even
> the cheap ones are reasonable. VGA distribution units can also be
> used, you get three channels.
>  
> Robert G8RPI.
>
> --- On Thu, 12/11/09, Richard W. Solomon <w1ksz at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Richard W. Solomon <w1ksz at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [time-nuts] 10 MHz Distribution Amp
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Date: Thursday, 12 November, 2009, 18:20
>
>
> A friend of mine is looking for an inexpensive way to distribute
> his 10 MHz T-Bolt signal to other instruments. The TAPR unit, while
> very nice, is a tad on the pricey side when you add in the enclosure.
>
> Any ideas what he could use that is not so expensive ?
>
> Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
>
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