[Elecraft] KAT500 antenna port isolation

[dave]

One time, a few years ago, when I was living near Mobile, AL, I was 
testing an MFJ-949E tuner. It was switched to the internal dummy load. 
There was an antenna connected to the balanced line binding posts but, 
with it switched to the internal dummy load, these were open 
internally. I ran a test at 5w into the dummy load and looked at RBN. 
My signal had been picked up by a skimmer in NM.

73 de dave
ab9ca



On 7/9/18 11:01 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 7/9/2018 7:12 PM, K8TE wrote:
> 
>> BTW, I have made a 75m QSO on a dummy load.  I think I was using Radio Shack
>> coax back then (in the 1970's when I worked for the company).
> 
> When I lived about three miles away from Mt. San Bruno south of San
> Francisco, I routinely worked all of the VHF and UHF repeaters there
> using a dummy load!  Amazing what a clear eye-ball path can do.
> 
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
> 
>>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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