[Elecraft] [K3] Diversity antenna experiences?

[ai2n at twcny.rr.com]

Hi Jim.

I also am on a small (125' square) lot, in the city.

I have been using BOGs and 14'x29' Flags, with an 80 meter inverted L base-loaded for 160.

This year I added a 20' Shared Apex Loop Array.  Yes, my antennas are too close to each other.  The SALA routinely outperforms the Flags.  Sometimes the BOGs are best for a given station, sometimes the SALA.  When I was running Stateside this weekend I would listen South and West simultaneously.  It seemed to work well.

Additionally, you may want to "float" or detune your inverted L during rx, especially if your rx antennas are close.  My tx antenna was re-radiating quite a bit of noise; floating it cured the problem. 

73, Redd - AI2N

---- Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com> wrote: 
> I put up an inverted L for the 160 contest and as expected my beverages did
> a nice job of improving the receive performance over it. The inverted L did
> a good job of spraying my 500w watts around and I'm satisfied with it as
> well. Best LOTW confirmed DX so far is Ukraine. Not bad for the first few
> days.
> 
> I did experience quite a bit of QSB as expected and would like to play with
> diversity. My brief attempt at doing diversity with the inverted L in
> combination with the beverage wasn't encouraging however. The S/N of the
> inverted L in the left ear only provided a distraction trying to discern
> the better S/N but fading signal in the right from the beverage.
> 
> At this point my primary interest is 160m diversity implementations. Any
> suggestions based on experience with an inverted L and beverage? Any
> suggestions for a second antenna other than these two that would
> potentially work better when combined with the beverage?
> 
> Note: I'm on a partially wooded 1 acre lot in a HOA so big receive
> structures like an 8 circle aren't possible. My beverages are BOGs for that
> reason.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> jim ab3cv
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