[Elecraft] IF OUT - Same as just sharing the antenna?

[Fred Jensen]

It's around 8.15 MHz. It's ahead of the ADC and 15 kHz 2nd IF, the RF is 
over 200 kHz wide and is nominally there for connection to a P3.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Ed Parish wrote on 3/9/2024 12:57 PM:
> IF means Intermediate Frequency.  It is the result of mixing the RF with a
> local oscillator,  LO. So, no, it isn't sharing an antenna.
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, 15:39 JHR<jrichards at k8jhr.com>  wrote:
>
>> Please help me understand how the IF OUT works on an Elecraft radio.  Is
>> it the same thing as sharing the antenna with a T/R switch, or does it
>> tap the RF processing chain later down the line. Does the IF OUT merely
>> share the antenna, or does it come later in the circuit - are there any
>> practical reasons why one is better than the other?  I presume the IF
>> OUT is better, but wonder why.
>>
>> [It matters and will settle a bet who eats steak and who eats hot dog.]
>>
>> Thanks in advance K8JHR
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