[Elecraft] KPA1500 not the whole answer

[Vic Rosenthal]

I have the opposite - minimum space for antennas. I have a short (10 m long) rotary dipole and a Pixel Loop RX antenna about 10m away from it. The loop is vertically polarized and diversity really helps, even on 40 meters where the separation is only about 1/4 wavelength.
Signals have a 'solid' sound that makes them stand out from the noise. One of my favorite K3 features!

Vic 4X6GP

> On 1 Jan 2017, at 05:37, lmarion <lmarion at mt.net> wrote:
> 
>   Full K3s  KPA500  K line setup here.
> 
> I have  10 acres with 5 acres of it in antenna farm.  
> 
> My K3s with subreceiver, used almost exclusively in diversity receive mode, which  works so
> great,  that I think if everybody  was using one, 1500 watt amps would be a waste of resources.
> 
> I knew that diversity receive was the way to go.  All of the FAA search radar systems I worked on
> before I retired, use two receive channel diversity standard. When you are detecting the reflected signal
> off the target at 250 miles,  diversity receive is the difference between not seen and full detection.
> 
> Not every one is fortunate as I to have room for superior antennas.
> 
> But every one has room for diversity receive with the K3s.
> 
> 73  Leroy AB7CE