Wet-n-Wild Bill wrote:
forgot to mention: the freq of theWeather Fax is the same as the SSB 2-25
MHZ

Bill


"Wet-n-Wild Bill" wrote in message
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I have an ICOM M-802 SSB and a Furuno FAX-30 (Weather Fax Reciever) onboard
my boat. The ICOM M-802 has a dedicated receive port for DSC Receive. Can
I share the FAX-30 Antenna with the DSC receive port of the SSB? if so what
coupler should i use? (The SSB Xmit/Rec antenna is 3meters away)

Bill




The FAX-30 can handle a variety of antennas. Do you have the FAX-5
active antenna? You can probably connect the M-802 DSC port and the
FAX-5/FAX-30 together through a simple coax tee connector. There is not
likely to be any interaction between the devices. If interactions should
arise, the simplest solution is a coax switch. The switch would be left
in the DSC position except when using the FAX-30.

As a precaution, you might contact Furuno and get their opinion. I would
think the "dual use" potential for the FAX-5 antenna would be a selling
point for Furuno and cause them to give your question a serious
response. The question of a separate DSC antenna for the M-802 is likely
to be around for a while.

Good luck.

Chuck