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Ongoing Static problem(Gaseous discharge Unit Installed)

I installed one of the Atelicon Gas tube discharge units into the coax line to my Fm tuner and this particular model made absolutely
no improvement in reducing my static problem.I did some further
research on these units and found out that the gas tubes themselves
do nothing to reduce static.Additional electronics are added on the
DC blocked models and it is this that supposedly prevents static
from reaching the tuner.The most common method is the addition of a capacitor and a drain resistor.This method is patented by Polyphaser
and that patent is available online for viewing.However another company took this idea even further and has also been granted a patent.This model is made by Industrial Communication Engineering LTD.They use an inductor,a resistor,A gas tube.Theyre design appears
to be aimed strictly at controlling static.They claim that gas tubes
have a definite voltage rating that must be exceeded before they will
channel voltage to ground.This rating is far above the voltage of static and therefore will still transmit static voltage to the tuner.
however they will protect against a lightning strike.
The ICE model claims to be able to ground voltages as low as .01 which is well below the voltage level of static
and still pass the RF signal intact due to the use of an inductor.
I have ordered one of these units and will report here wityh my results.

Duane Upshaw


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Topic - Ongoing Static problem(Gaseous discharge Unit Installed) - dudeupshaw@cogeco.ca 21:52:58 11/02/06 (3)


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