[Elecraft] My new amp hook-up?

[W B Reese]

Dear Fellow Elecrafters,

I have been blessed with a new baby, a TenTec Titan 425 and I'm having a 
hard time figuring out how to hook it up.

You see, some time ago I bought the KAT100, and it is just wonderful 
switching back and forth between my vertical and my low dipole.  The dipole 
is about 15 feet high and is a near vertical incidence radiator, also it is 
a Unadilla trap dipole covering all bands 160 thru 10 meters.  The Vertical 
is a HyGain DX77 that provides significantly greater ground wave and low 
angle radiation on 40 thru 10 meters.

It's great fun on 40 cruising up and down the band, hitting the antenna 1, 
antenna 2 switch on the K2/100 to see which antenna brings in the best 
signal on the guy you're QSOing.  Thanks Eric & Scott!

Of course, when I switch to 160 or 80, there is no choice to be made this 
way, I must use the dipole.

My problem is, to switch antennas on the amplifier, I must:
1. Unscrew the dipole from Ant1 on the KAT100,
2. Unscrew the vertical from the amplifier output,
3. Unscrew the amplifier input from Ant2 on the KAT100,
4. Screw the amplifier input onto Ant1 on the KAT100,
5. Screw the vertical onto the amplifier output,
6. Screw the dipole onto Ant2 on the KAT100

Did I write that all correctly?  It's confusing!  And, it's a pain!

Help! Help!

I have some coax switches around here but I can't seem to figure out how to 
hook them up to make this easier.

Can any of you fellows suggest a good way to transfer the amplifier from 
the vertical to the dipole?

Thanks!

TR WB6TMY
S/N 0838


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