[time-nuts] was there ever a "conclusion" on distribution amps ?

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Mon Feb 28 21:32:42 UTC 2011


On 02/24/2011 05:11 AM, John Miles wrote:
> Having done some early prototype testing on this upcoming amplifier (no
> financial involvement) I'll suggest that it may be worth waiting for.  The
> isolation at 10 MHz is better than 90 dB, the PN floor is better than -170
> dBc/Hz, and the cost will -- as usual for TAPR -- be much less than what
> other vendors charge for similar specs.
>
> It's also easy to adjust the gain on these amp modules.  They are meant for
> both distribution and single-channel isolation amp service, as John says.
> This is a potential advantage versus standalone splitters, which have a very
> limited fanout due to loss, and random video amps, which may have too much
> or too little gain to make up for the loss in the splitter.

Sound like worth waiting for. If they fit the bill and so I think a few 
new TADD-1s will find its way into my lab.

Do keep us posted both on measurement results and availability.

Cheers,
Magnus




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