[Elecraft] 160M Receive and Transmit Antenna Switching help

[Phil & Debbie]

Hi Joe – I used semi break-in with the IC-706MKIIG.  Just a tiny bit of drop-out delay eliminates the unkey hot-switching problem – but then you can’t be fully QSK.  You can also make a simple mod to this switch to make it hang long enough to eliminate the problem.  See: 

www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/QSKDelay.pdf

Phil – AD5X
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Phil,How do you deal with the RF after HSEND drops as it does in the706mkIIg, 7000, 7600, etc. in QSK (and potentially semi-break in)?That is, how are you preventing hot switching and potentially putting RF into the receive antenna and damaging it?73, ... Joe, W4TV