[Elecraft] Disabling the ANT2 selection

[Fred Jensen]

I can attest that you won't hurt your K3 if you're on the wrong antenna 
connector, I've done it.  The Antenna selection is remembered by band 
[at least].  Somehow, I managed to get 30m on ANT2 which had nothing 
connected.  No noise, infinite SWR [which the KAT3 managed to tune ... 
not really good but it never gave up. :-)  After some discussion with 
tech support, they "elevated" it to Wayne, he called me, first question 
was, "Which antenna is selected?"  Several lessons here:

1.  It's a fairly busy display, but look at all of it.

2.  Keep a station journal, write your menu settings down and when you 
change them.

3.  When something stops working, read your journal and see what you did 
last.  Odds are very good that is it.

4.  Unless there's been smoke, the likelihood that the problem is huge 
is extremely low.

5.  I seriously doubt one of the principals of Yaesu would call me if I 
had a problem with my FT-847.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

"The problem with 'lessons learned' is that they rarely are"
    Leo Endres, Engineer and Philosopher [and colleague]

On 9/11/2013 5:17 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> If you do switch to ANT2 by mistake and transmit, the K3 will not be
> damaged. It is very well protected against open loads and shorts at
> the antenna jacks. Chances are you'll realized quickly that you're on
> the wrong antenna since RX noise will drop.