[Elecraft] [K3] Kite antennas and static protection

[Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF]

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: GW0ETF 
  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:20 AM
  Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Kite antennas and static protection



  Does the K3's built-in protection (surge arrestor and bleed resistor on each
  rx input) obviate the need for external protection when using a big kite
  antenna?

  If it does, and in view of the inevitable advice *to* arrange for a DC path
  to earth at receiver input whenever using a kite, I suppose an implied
  question is....is the K3 unusual in providing static protection at it's
  inputs? 

  73,

  Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF

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  G'day Stewart,
  I for one would never use a rig on its own, I would (and do) always use a dc ground on my kite antennas.
  That goes for Elecraft or any other brand of radio, no matter how much 'protection' they might have built in.


  Jeff Cochrane 
  VK4BOF
  Innisfail QLD
  Australia
  Elecraft K3 #4257