144 MHz Bandpass filter

Written by Administrator Saturday, 31 October 2009 06:42 -

A 2 stage 2M bandpass filter using helicals. On my moonrise I have a clear view from my moonrise to the west. There is a TV transmitter about 10km away causing some unwanted products in my 2M receiver. A simple 2 stage helical filter BEHIND my mgf1802 preamp solvd the problem completely. The filter is mounted at the feedpoint of my 8.5M dish between the first and the second stage preamp. ( I have a 50M cable run!)

The filter is build in a standard tin box 74 x 74 x 50 mm. Constructing this prototype I used some junkbox FR4 PCB material. Make sure that both sides are grounded. The inductors consist of 6 turns 2mm dia wire on a 16mm diameter. The capacitors can be any type about 5pF. The input is about 1/4 turn from the ground end.

Capacitors are placed in the center of the box.

Note the grounded ends are NOT in the center of the box but have an off-set of 8mm (halve of the coil diameter). grounded side view

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144 MHz Bandpass filter

Written by Administrator Saturday, 31 October 2009 06:42 -

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