[Elecraft] K3 Rx Antenna Isolation

Ed Gilliland w5tm at ecewb.com
Fri Feb 8 09:39:27 EST 2008


Hi Barry,

Yes it's on receive.  It's more than leakage, more like both antennas are 
connected during receive.

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:29 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Rx Antenna Isolation


>
> Perhaps Ed will clarify, but my take is that Ed's post is a different 
> issue.
> I believe he is saying that while he's in RECEIVE mode with the RX ANT
> selected, there's leakage of the receive signal on the transmit antenna
> feedline into his receiver - poor isolation in the receive antenna
> selection.
>
> Personally, I haven't seen this but I haven't listened specifically for it
> either.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
>
>
> Gary W. Hvizdak wrote:
>>
>> On Fri 8 Feb 2008 at 01:07:35 EST, Ed Gilliland (W5TM) wrote ..
>>
>> I'm have poor isolation between the transmit antenna (ANT1) and my
>> Beverage
>> (RX ANT IN).  I have to switch to ANT2 to get rid of the noise from the
>> transmit antenna.  As new as I am to the K3 I may have an option set
>> wrong.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ed,
>>
>>     Wayne's recent post entitled "KXV3: (1) RX ANT signal level during 
>> TX;
>> (2) spectra at buffered IF output" may address your question.  You can
>> find his post in the online Reflector archives at ...
>>     http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2008-February/082024.html
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary  KI4GGX
>>
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