[Elecraft] A/B antenna switch for ladder line fed antennas
W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
w3fpr at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 18 21:29:49 EDT 2005
Kevin,
If you have a KAT2 or a KAT100, that switch is built in. Connect each
feedline to a 1:1 current balun and a short piece of coax to the tuner -
Pre-tune each antenna before your comparison, and the ANT 1/2 button will
switch them for you.
73,
Don W3FPR
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I have a fancy switch for A/B antenna testing for coaxially fed antennas
> but do not know what folks use for antenna switches with antennas fed by
> ladder lines. I want to compare a 160 meter full wave loop fed with
> homebrew ladder line to a G5RV fed by 450 window line. Any suggestions?
> I knife switch of some sort like we used in grade school science labs in
> the '60s? Or is there something more modern?
> Kevin. KD5ONS
>
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