[Elecraft] Receiver Damage from another Close Station?

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

Yes you should be concerned.  I would think about bandpass filtering and 
probably disconnecting the K3 when not on the air.  I was looking at the 
mods for the K3 and noticed one that addressed this issue.

Are we talking city lot or 20 acre parcels?

W0MU

On 3/2/2011 6:38 PM, w0ih wrote:
> My next door neighbor is a ham and recently upgraded to a Icom 7700, 200
> watt.
>
> The antennas for my K3 are pretty close to his.  I have a set of dipoles
> (160, 75, 60 that share a common feedline) that are about 30 feet off one
> leg from the neighbor's HyTower (75 thru 10 full size vertical).  I have a
> TH11DX up at 50 feet (boom is loaded for 40 meters also, separate feedline)
> and he has a TH5DX at very close to the same level, directly east of my
> tower, about 100 feet away.
>
> I have a Heathkit SB 220 amp (2 kw input?).  Neighbor runs barefoot for now.
>
> So, my question is, do I need to be concerned about damage to either rig?
> I'm assuming that we can't operate the same bands at the same time.  Our
> operating schedules seem to be very different for now.  But I'm wondering if
> there could be input damage from one operating on any band, even if the rig
> is off.
>
> I was wondering if the K3 input is grounded through a relay when turned off,
> and similarly on the 7700.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Mike
>
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