[Elecraft] Minicircuits splitter for diversity?

[Jim Miller]

As a follow up:

Thanks for all the suggestions.

It appears I really don't want a splitter after all once I looked over all
the schematics on the K3s and Fred's nice book.

I can't use my TX antenna as one of the antennas in a diversity setup since
it is far too close to my RX vertical array. So when listening I detune my
TX antenna. And of course it not only lacks sufficient distance but is of
the same polarization as my RX array. I only have 1 acre here and my
antennas are pretty much limited to the rear half of the lot.

I've done more research and it seems that for 160 the usual suspects are
all vertically polarized: small loops, beverages, K9AY. So what I really
need is something with horizontal polarization and so far that means a
dipole. Not clear that a lowish, short dipole will hear much on 160. It
might be useful for 80m however and I have height and space for that.

Or I need to buy a couple more acres if I want to do something useful with
diversity on 160.

73

jim ab3cv



On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com> wrote:

> I'm looking at this splitter to set up diversity for my K3s. It will only
> be connected to RX paths.
>
> https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore/dashboard.html?model=ZSC-2-1BR%2B
>
> It goes down to 100Khz and up to 400Mhz.
>
> BNC connections and a rear bracket make it fit well with my setup.
>
> Anyone see a problem with it?
>
> Price seems reasonable for something built with a nice metal case, BNCs
> and quality.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> 73
>
> jim ab3cv
>