[Elecraft] Receiver Damage from another Close Station?

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Thu Mar 3 06:00:50 EST 2011


When I set my station up for single-tower SO2R, I was concerned about 
what would happen when I split my tribander stack, and when I operated 
on 40 and 15.  I had bandpass filters but figured that at some time I 
would make an expensive mistake, so I cobbled up a receiver protector.  
Details and a schematic are at 
<http://pvrc.org/~n4zr/Articles/Simple%20Protection%20for%20the%20Fledgling%20SO2R%20Station.pdf>.  
Should cost you only a few bucks.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 3/2/2011 8:38 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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