[Icom] Rx antenna protection

[Chris BONDE]

After reading some of the post, I placed the idea of a Rx ant on the 
backburner.  Now you have come up with an apparent solution.

Would it be possilbe for Adam to add the info to his great web site on ICOM 
radios?

Chris opr VE7HCB


At 02:18 PM 2002-11-11 -0500, you wrote:
>Occasionally postings occur regarding the use of the external antenna
>connection on some Icom rigs. In some cases there are indications of
>front end overload damage due to the receiving antenna being in close
>proximity with the transmitting antenna. In the February 1988 issue of
>QST, Icom published a "TECH TALK" addressing this situation along with a
>simple schematic using two shunt 1N914 diodes along with a series #47
>dial lamp to protect the front end. You can find it on page 90 in an
>article titled "The challenge of low frequency DX'ing". Keith, VE3JKC.
>
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