[Elecraft] Re: Transverters

[Martin]

On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 2:36:23 PM, Don Brown wrote:

DB> Hi

DB> According to Elecraft this is NOT a good way to connect the transverters. The isolation in the KAT2 is not good enough and you will most likely be transmitting a small amount of 10 meter RF into
DB> your HF antenna system when using the transverter unless you disconnect the HF antenna. I tried this hook up at first and abandoned it after the information came out from Elecraft to not use it.
DB> The low level IF I/O on the KX60M is a much better way to connect the transverters.

DB> Don Brown

Don, thank you for your reply.
I somehow missed the info from elecraft.

In addition to my post, i should say: Terminate Antenna 1 with a
dummyload. No good solution either......
hum..


DB> KD5NDB 
DB>   ----- Original Message ----- 
DB>   From: Martin<mailto:dl1iaq at gdxf.de> 
DB>   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
DB>   Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:47 AM
DB>   Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Transverters


DB>   If you have the internal antenna tuner installed in your K2, here is a
DB>   different approach to hook up a transverter:

DB>   Use ANT 2 for the Transverters IN/OUT and set the maximum power to the
DB>   required level in the menu.

DB>   If your transverter has split connections for Input/Output, you need
DB>   the 160m/RX-Ant option.

DB>   In this case, use ANT 2 to drive the transverter and RX-Ant for the
DB>   RX-path of your transverter.
DB>   This setup worked here for 2 years now with a 50 Mhz Ten-Tec
DB>   Transverter and 2 SSB-Electronic-Transverters for 2m & 70cm .



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Best regards,
 Martin

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