[Elecraft] Combo pre-amp

Vic K2VCO k2vco.vic at gmail.com
Mon May 27 12:01:37 EDT 2013


You could simply run your coax from the relay after the amplifier directly to the rx-in 
jack. Surely an internal preamp would be located between this jack and the rest of the 
receiver. You just wouldn't need to use the rx-out jack.
Am I am missing something here?

On 5/26/2013 11:23 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> I am amazed at the length of conversation on this topic.  IN fact an internal 6m preamp 
> would be counterproductive to my needs.  I will be adding a 1100w solid state 6m 
> amplifier and would have to add two coax relays to bypass it in receive if the preamp 
> were internal.  Connecting the 6m preamp in the existing configuration I run the antenna 
> input to a single 1200w rated coax relay at the output of the transmit power amp:
> http://www.kl7uw.com/6M-EME-LAYOUT.jpg
>
> Here is how my non-Elecraft preamp is installed on my K3/10:
> http://www.kl7uw.com/K3-ARR-6mPreamp.jpg
>
> my six meter webpage:
> http://www.kl7uw.com/6m.htm
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW

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