[Elecraft] KRX3 Overload Protection on 160M

[Jon K Hellan]

Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> You'll get somewhat better isolation using the BNC jack for the sub  
> receiver's aux antenna, rather than the non-transmit KAT3 antenna.  
> Either way, the trip point of the KRX3's carrier-operated relay is  
> typically 1 to 2 watts. To play it safe let's say you want to keep it  
> down to 0.5 W. That's 30 dB down from 500 W.

When experimenting with diversity receive (antenna #2 connected to the BNC socket), on some bands
I've heard clicks, which I've taken to be the carrier operated relays. I've stopped using diversity
on those bands with that antenna configuration. But how dangerous is this really?

73
Jon LA4RT