[Elecraft] Antenna 2

[Gary Smith]

I think he was asking what Don answered 
to.

Gary
KA1J

> 
> That doesn't explain how he expects the rig to short out the port for
> Ant 2 . .. WHEN IT HAS BEEN SELECTED ... just because there is no
> actual antenna connected to it.  I don't get the reasoning behind the
> original query.
> 
> Dave   AB7E
> 
> 
> On 11/28/2017 7:04 AM, K9ZTV wrote:
> > We hook dummy loads to ANT 2 on all our K3s during FD to prevent
> > inadvertent transmissions when no antenna is connected to it.  The
> > ATU TUNE button is immediately above the ANT button and
> > fat-fingered/far-sighted ops unfamiliar with the K3 have been known
> > to hit the wrong one, especially on the higher bands where the noise
> > floor makes it difficult to detect the absence of an antenna.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Kent  K9ZTV
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 28, 2017, at 7:40 AM, David Gilbert
> >> <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> If you selected Ant 2 it wouldn't have been "unused".   How is the
> >> rig supposed to know you don't have anything physically connected
> >> to that port?
> >>
> >> Dave   AB7E
> >
> 
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