Well, now that it is summer in MI I finally am installing a full new satellite setup, but the preamps have always confused me and I am looking for help to get it right once and for all.
All the latest conversation shows I should get ARR or SSB preamps. My question is two-fold: 1) Which models of each for UHF/VHF? (do I need the mast mount type so I can put them outside, or can I put them inside a small weatherproof enclosure)?
More importantly: 2)I am confused by Bias T's, Power Injectors, vs just running 12volts of a power supply up to the small tripod and connecting it to the preamps.
From what I can tell I need preamps that sense transmit and receive since I will be likely transmitting and receiving on such things as PCSAT on the same freq. So it needs to pick that up remotely on the coax? So, with that said I would imagine that is the RF Switched version of the ARR preamps. Then, I am just down to how do I power them? It seems to me that putting both the UHF and VHF preamp in a waterproof enclosure and then running 12volt power to them makes sense, but if I could power them via Coax that would be easier to do in the setup.
The radio is a TS-2000x if that helps.
I am sorry for the n00b questions, but I really want to get this right. I have bought the some AMSAT books also to try and help me understand the preamp setup.
Thanks, Mike kb8zgl