Craig When you say " I typically use the Clifton and the K9AY together for diversity RX" how do you do that?
David G3UNA >I have the Clifton active whip as well as a K9AY, and use both with > diversity RX. The Clifton is a fine choice as an alternative RX and > diversity antenna. Note that both the Clifton and K9AY are vertically > polarized. Ideally your diversity antennas should have opposite > polarization and adequate physical separation. I'm in a cramped location > here and the most separation between any two antennas is about 70 ft, so > far > from ideal, especially on the low bands. When I use my temporary doublet > for a Xmit antenna, I normally use that in conjunction with either the > Clifton or the K9AY for diversity. When I use my Xmit vertical, I > typically > use the Clifton and the K9AY together for diversity RX. In spite of the > less than optimal arrangements here, I still find that diversity RX is > quite > worthwhile, and enjoy the way it is implemented in the K3. > > 73 Craig AC0DS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
