You're Welcome Sir.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: TentecNoiseBridge


>     Thanks for this info, Danny.
>
> It's much appreciated.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:03 AM
> Subject: TentecNoiseBridge
>
>
> > Hi Tom and All, here's the essence of a friend's last summer's posts to
me
> > re
> > this little noise bridge kit, still in production, from tentec.  Hope it
> may
> > help someone, DD
> >
> > "There's a noise bridge board kit on the Ten-Tec site:
> >
> > http://radio.tentec.com/kits/Accessory
> >
> > This is the description:
> >
> > ""Have you ever wondered what good one of those
> > "R X Noise Bridges" could do for YOUR station setup?
> > Are you baffled by your antenna tuner or "transmatch"?
> >
> > The 1051 is easy to build and super-easy to use. No
> > "R-X" controls, calibration or calculations needed.
> > Just connect it between your rig and antenna tuner,
> > set receiver to desired operating frequency, and
> > adjust the antenna tuner until the distinctive
> > modulated pulses (NOT just straight "noise"!) drop
> > to an easily-recognized "null" indicating that the
> > tuner offers a 50-ohm match to your transceiver
> > with NO on-the-air nervous experimenting with the
> > tuner controls!""
> >
> > -----
> >
> > This is a board kit only and costs $19
> > plus shipping.  From the size of the one 14-pin DIP
> > chip I'd say the board is probably about 2.5" x 3.5"
> > or so.  It would need to be mounted in some sort
> > of enclosure, _And _Remember! Transmitting into receive noise bridges
> > will destroy them, so unless Ten-Tec built in some
> > sort of transmit bypass, we'll have to have some sort
> > of T/R arrangement that cuts out the bridge when you
> > transmit.  I've emailed Ten-Tec asking them about
> > that..................Ten-Tec got back to me.  The board kit antenna
> > bridge runs on anything from 9-12V at very low
> > current.
> > It does not have any transmit bypass capability so
> > that has to be added.  A rotary switch could be rigged
> > to do that.  Since the bridge produces a beeping
> > on its own, that could be used as a reminder to
> > switch it out BEFORE you transmit.  This means that once you are tuned,
> you
> > *must*
> > remember each time to switch out the bridge before
> > you transmit, or you'll fry it......"""
> >
>