[1000mp] RX ANT

[Mike Gilmer]

A "ground" (especially though a relay) is not "perfect"  - one 
needs to deal with the leakage.
 
I had a series attenuator resistor blow in the MP when using 
a Beverage (which was admittedly too close to a TX antenna). 
No such problem with an (additional) external relay
 
I'd err on the side of extra protection if you have any doubts.
 
Mike N2MG

----- Original Message ----
From: Yuri ve3dz at rac.ca
> According to the diagram the RX ANT jack is being grounded when
> transmitting.
> I used my MP with full legal power AMP both in the CQ WW 160 
> and in the ARRL DX having 1000' beverage connected to RX ANT 
> jack at all times and nothing happened...
> 73, Yuri  VE3DZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pitman, Zoltan, VF-NL" zoltan.pitman at vodafone.com
>> Read the schematics and it can be easily seen that it is 
>> absolutely unnecessary for the FT1000MP-series as the 
>> radio takes care of it inside.
>>
>> There are always some people here who jump on this hype 
>> and spam us with some marketing for this box.
>>Zoli HA1AG