Hello Marco !

I'm currently also playing around with a MiniWhip and had exactly the
same concerns.

It's not the original design because the 2N5109 wasn't available and so
I used a 2SC24?? (don't remember but a RF-NPN up to 1.5Ghz). I had to
reduce the collector current by increasing the emitter-resistor up to
680R but noticed no loss in performance.

I would suggest to decouple the gate of the J310 with a capacitor(100n)
from the "receiving" portion of the PCB and use anti-parallel diodes to
limit the voltage. Maybe this will not remove all the voltage from the
gate but at least the "dangerous" level.

I will try this in the next version of the antenna.

73 es gl

OE3GHB
Gerhard





Am Mittwoch, den 22.09.2010, 21:08 +0200 schrieb Marco IK1ODO:
> No, I don't want to transmit with the miniwhip :-) !!!
> The question is, how does the miniwhip behave in an electric field of 
> some kV/m, that is, close to the transmitting antenna in 137 or 500 
> kHz? Any experience on that?
> A friend (IK1HSS) wants to know, before frying an infinite series of 
> J310. In theory the junction should handle up to 25 V reverse, but 
> this is not too much, after all.
> 
> 73 - Marco IK1ODO
> 
>