[Elecraft] Rx-In/Out used for exteranl SDR Device?

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I'm afraid you're right, Dave.  I had the RX output into terminal 1 and 
the line back in on terminal 2, because I figured the "common" terminal 
should be the one going to the SDR.  Great to get this straight, finally.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/5/2021 3:21 PM, David Hachadorian wrote:
> Are you hooking up the splitter correctly?  RX ANT OUT from the radio 
> goes to the common terminal of the splitter, and one of the two 
> independent splitter outputs goes to RX ANT IN on the radio.  The 
> other independent splitter output goes to the SDR.  Sorry to bring up 
> such a simple possibility, but sometimes it's the simple stuff that 
> trips us up.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
> On 12/5/2021 12:52 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>> I don't know why I didn't think of that. Just tried it, and there is 
>> no difference in S-meter reading , so it may/must be a splitter 
>> problem.  I tried it with another spltter, with and and without the 
>> SDR, and, again, large drop. WTF???
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
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>>
>> On 12/5/2021 12:35 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>> I see about a 3 S-unit drop in signal
>>>> level when routing through the splitter
>>> Pete (N4ZR), what do you see with a straight cable linking in/out?
>>>
>>> I have no idea about Minicircuits splitters, but my home made one had a
>>> measured 3.1 dB loss at 29.7 MHz.
>>>
>>> 73 Dave G4AON
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