[Elecraft] receive antenna

[mikefurrey at att.net]

Thought I hit the reply all button ..

-----Original Message----- 
From: Don Wilhelm 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:26 AM 
To: mikefurrey at att.net 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] receive antenna 

Mike,

It would be good if you post that to the Elecraft reflector just for 
general information.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/22/2012 9:20 AM, mikefurrey at att.net wrote:
> I have a touchy situation in which my K9AY RX loop is 40' from 160 
> inverted "L" (very small lot).  I had to install a relay to disconnect 
> the receive antenna from the radio during transmit due to too much 
> energy getting back into the rig.
>
> 73, Mike WA5POK
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Don Wilhelm
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 5:59 AM
> To: Robert 'RC' Conley
> Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] receive antenna
>
> RC,
>
> The receiver is muted during transmit - that has nothing to do with a
> receive antenna.
> I don't know how to mute an antenna, but it is certainly not 
> disconnected.
>
> Locate your RX antenna away from the transmit antennas, and if you hear
> the COR being activated (relay clicking noise) take action to reduce the
> RF energy coming in on the RX antenna.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 6/21/2012 10:22 AM, Robert 'RC' Conley wrote:
>>   when you have a receive antenna hooked up and you go into transmit, 
>> is the
>> RX antenna port is MUTED, or is disconnected.
>>
>
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