[Elecraft] K3 KXV3A without Xverters, sub receiver or P3

[Alan Bloom]

Also, the RX IN connector is very handy as a way to inject a test signal
without worrying about blowing up your signal generator if you transmit
by accident.

Al N1AL


On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 02:29 -0800, Bill W4ZV wrote:
> 
> Jack Regan-2 wrote:
> > 
> > If I do not have a sub receiver, Xverter or a P3 is there any reason to
> > install a KXV3A?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The only thing I could come up with was the possiblty to use seperate
> > transmit and receive antennas under certain conditions.
> > 
> 
> That's about it Jack...but one other possibility is to use the RX OUT and RX
> IN ports for an external preamp (such as the PR6).  Selecting RX ANT would
> route the signal from the K3, to the preamp and then back into the K3.  You
> would never risk transmitting RF into the preamp that way.
> 
> 73,  Bill
>