3 month ELAD Pre-amp evaluation!

[sniper9652]

Hi all, I have been using the Elad pre-amp with Bias T Injector for about 3 months now and I can honestly say it's a great piece of kit! I agree with Anmer with his 15%...ish increase in contacts, as he states it is not so much an asset in gaining distance, but more in picking up weaker signals that were not picked up previously! As an e.g, I live in Warrington which is more or less in the middle of LJLA & MAN (22miles & 25miles respectively), since using the Elad I am now able to watch the majority of a/c on the ground, taxiing and on the take off run! I can also see a lot more and sooner coming out of LBA, EMA, Hawarden and Blackpool!

I tinkered around with different 12v regulated power supplies and eventually settled with a this well built and constructed unit from SSE Electronics in Southampton!

See this item at:  http://www.ssejim.co.uk/43-psu500mk2.htm

Jim the owner and engineer who makes these things is a great bloke to have a chat to and is very helpful! (I have nothing to do with Jim or SSE other than being a satisfied customer!)

My set up is: Mk 1 SBS, BS1100 external antenna co-located with the Elad pre-amp mounted on a 10ft pole at the gable end of the house, this is connected by 20m of West Flex 103 low loss coax, Bias T powered by the 'Jim PSU500'!

Steve

[Anmer]

Thanks for that Steve.  Glad you got the same gain as I did.