On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 2:36:23 PM, Don Brown wrote: DB> Hi
DB> According to Elecraft this is NOT a good way to connect the transverters. The isolation in the KAT2 is not good enough and you will most likely be transmitting a small amount of 10 meter RF into DB> your HF antenna system when using the transverter unless you disconnect the HF antenna. I tried this hook up at first and abandoned it after the information came out from Elecraft to not use it. DB> The low level IF I/O on the KX60M is a much better way to connect the transverters. DB> Don Brown Don, thank you for your reply. I somehow missed the info from elecraft. In addition to my post, i should say: Terminate Antenna 1 with a dummyload. No good solution either...... hum.. DB> KD5NDB DB> ----- Original Message ----- DB> From: Martin<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DB> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> DB> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:47 AM DB> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Transverters DB> If you have the internal antenna tuner installed in your K2, here is a DB> different approach to hook up a transverter: DB> Use ANT 2 for the Transverters IN/OUT and set the maximum power to the DB> required level in the menu. DB> If your transverter has split connections for Input/Output, you need DB> the 160m/RX-Ant option. DB> In this case, use ANT 2 to drive the transverter and RX-Ant for the DB> RX-path of your transverter. DB> This setup worked here for 2 years now with a 50 Mhz Ten-Tec DB> Transverter and 2 SSB-Electronic-Transverters for 2m & 70cm . -- Best regards, Martin K2 #2706 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
