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From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
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By G8MNY                                     (Update Oct 19)
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I have reverse engineered this very high performance QRO HF Tx low pass filter.
It was used with a QRO PA & it is nice to know, that no matter what QRM you may
cause other HF users, above HF all is quieter than can be measured!

It has other uses, where say 3el HF tri-bander with 400W is below a 6M 5el beam
feeding a band filtered Rig enabling reduced QRM between both bands.

The specification is 1kW MAX @ HF, Attenuation > 80dB above 41MHz
Through loss is practically un-measurable (< 0.05dB?) DC-30MHz

 0dB_³__________________
 -3dB´                  ~\
-10dB´                    Ý
-20dB´                    |
-30dB´                    Þ
-40dB´                     Ý
-50dB´                     |
-60dB´                     Þ
-70dB´                      |
-80dB´                       V~Ä-._
     ÅÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂ Freq
     0  5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 MHz

THE CIRCUIT
This is a type of M derived Low Pass filter with 3 suck-out trap sections, as
well as « + 1 + « Pi low pass sections, that act more like 4 Pi sections!

      L2       L3     L5       L6        Coils are silver plated 3mm í wire
o)ÄÂÄ(((()ÄÂÄ(((()ÄÂÄ(((()ÄÂÄ(((((ÄÂÄ(o  L1 = L7 = 0.3uH, 8.5 T on 9mm former
 ³ (      ===      (      ===      ( ³   L2 = L6 = 0.4uH, 7 T on 15mm former
 ³ ( L1    ³C2     ( L4    ³C4  L7 ( ³   L4 = 0.13uH, 3.5 T on 9mm former
 ³=== C1   ³      === C3   ³   C5 ===³   L3/5 = 0.4uH each, wound as centre
 ÀÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÙ          tapped of 15T on 15mm former

C1 = C5 = 53pF bolted through Mica washer disk
C2 = C4 = 186pF bolted through double sided Mica washer disks
C3 = 124pF larger bolted through Mica washer disk

The 3 shunt traps L1/C1, L4/C3, & L7/C5 all resonate at 40MHz

PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION

    - - - - - - - - - BOTTOM COVER REMOVED- - - - - - - - -
     ³             ³                       ³             ³
SO239³    L2       ³      L3       L5      ³     L6      ³SO239
  ÚÄÄ´ /~||||||   º³º /~||||||| |||||||   º³º   ||||||~\ ÃÄÄ¿
  ³  ³]  ||||||  [º³º]  ||||||| |||||||  [º³º]  ||||||  [³  ³
  ÀÄÄ´ \  |||||_/ º³º    ||||||||||||||_/ º³º \_|||||  / ÃÄÄÙ
     ³ ððð         ³C2       __/         C4³         ððð ³
     ³ ððð L1      ³      L4 ððð           ³      L7 ððð ³
     ³ ___\n___C1  ³     _____\n_____C3    ³  C5___n/___ ³
     ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
                         TOP CHASSIS

The SO239s are riveted on, as are the 2 divider plates. The top chassis has
folded edges tapped for screws etc. not shown here for simplicity. The bottom U
channel shaped cover is screwed on into the folded edges & it has RF fingering
to help ground the 2 central dividers. The cover is the bottom base mounting.
(e.g. above is upside down in use.)


See my tech bul "6m VHF Filter Design" & "Analyser Takeda Riken TR4122B".


Why Don't U send an interesting bul?

73 de John, G8MNY @ GB7CIP




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