[Elecraft] KAT500 Isolation

[G4GNX]

ISTR that the isolation between antenna ports is around 30dB. Allowing for 
inaccuracies, your S9 down to S2 reading seems entirely reasonable.

73,

Alan. G4GNX

-----Original Message----- 
From: kq5stom at gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 1:58 PM
To: Elecraft
Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 Isolation


I decided to hook my dummy load to antenna two on the KAT500 with my main 
antenna being on antenna 1.  When I get a strong signal on my main antenna 
and switch the KAT500 to port 2 (dummy load) the KAT500 I can still copy the 
signal on my K3S though the strength is down from S9+ to about S2.

I can keep the KAT500 on antenna 2 (dummy load) and disconnect the dummy 
load from the back of the KAT500 and still hear the signal.

I was using an Alpha Delta 4 port coax switch to switch between my main 
antenna and a dummy load.  All was well.  No signal being heard when I 
switched to the dummy load. In this configuration I had antenna 1 from the 
KAT500 going to the Alpha Delta switch and then out to my antenna.

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73,
Tom - KQ5S