[Elecraft] P3 sensor questions

Alan n1al at sonic.net
Wed Apr 17 12:16:57 EDT 2019


Here's what I use.  It allows switching up to four sensors to one P3:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AUB3SSA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 


Amazon says it is "currently unavailable" but if you search for "8p8C 
manual switch" you should be able to find other options.

You want to be sure to get a manual switch not an Ethernet network 
switch, which has electronics inside and is a different animal.

Alan N1AL


On 4/17/19 8:45 AM, w5sum at comcast.net wrote:
> Having become the proud father of a KPA1500, I am enjoying it a lot. I 
> use a 160M Full Wave Loop on Ant 1 and my Sommer log fed yagi on Ant 
> 2.  I only have one 2KW HF Sensor for my P-3 and currently have it 
> hooked up to Ant2. I would love to also have one hooked up to Ant 1, 
> but the P3 has only ONE sensor input.  How do any of you get around 
> this? My only thought is to use only one antenna port out of the 
> KPA1500, to an antenna switch, but this negates the auto band 
> switching of ports in the KPA.
>
> looking for answer here.
>
> thanks
>
> Ronnie W5SUM



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