[time-nuts] Building a DC Block Thingy....

Dick, W1KSZ w1ksz at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 27 15:50:41 EDT 2007


Google a 7805 device and all will be well.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

Jason Rabel wrote:
> I have a NTS-200 on the way, but one thing about them is their GPS power
> output is 12V instead of the usual 5V. I really didn't want to modify the
> board any in an irreversible fashion so I was hoping to build an inline
> coupler that I could block / sink the 12V current.
> 
> I have a Symmetricom SmartSplitter, and I know that *should* do the job as
> long as a lower numbered port is supplying power, but I really don't want to
> take the accidental risk of sending 12V to my antenna.
> 
> Doing the math to sink 25ma of current would require a 480 ohm resistor...
> That should make the receiver happy and think all is well. But that's as far
> as my knowledge goes. What size capacitor would I need to use? Do I need to
> add an inductor in series with the resistor?
> 
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
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73, Dick, W1KSZ



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