[Elecraft] K3 Diversity antenna settings - wish

[Bill W4ZV]

Stewart Baker wrote:
> 
> Main RX - Ant 1 - Doublet
> Sub RX - Ant 2 - Loop pre-amp (with output switchable to RX ant 
> input)
> 

Stewart I'm still missing something in your setup.  If you only have one TX
antenna (i.e. the doublet) and one RX antenna (the loop), why not connect
the loop to the KRX3's AUX RF.  What is it that you believe connecting the
loop to ANT2 is buying you?  Surely it's not using the tuner since that
would require putting RF into the loop which you said you don't want to do. 

I connect only TX antennas via PL-259 connectors and only RX antennas via
BNC connectors.  I have many TX antennas and use an external switch to route
them to the K3 ANT1 input (I don't have a KAT3).  I also have about 10
Beverages and an RX 4SQ.  Using both RX ANT and AUX RF allows me to use my
selected TX antenna, or any of the Beverages (externally switched) into RX
ANT and the RX 4SQ into AUX RF.  I don't need to worry about transmitting
into my RX antennas because that's impossible to do since all RX antennas
use BNC ports on the K3.

Main Antenna (RX mode):  TX antenna (ANT1) OR Beverages (RX ANT) selectable
by tapping RX ANT.
Sub RX:  TX antenna (MAIN) OR RX 4SQ (AUX RF) selectable by toggling ANT in
BSET.

I still don't understand any advantage to using ANT2 for the loop and KRX3
input in your setup.  Please explain in more detail what your reasoning is
for doing that?  There must be more to it than is evident in your original
post.

73,  Bill

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