At our contest QTH we currently have a couple of K3s in use.  Our station is 
setup so that two rigs can be on the same band at the same time.  An external 
homebrew hardware device is used to allow each rig to share one transmit 
antenna.  This setup ensures that both rigs are not transmitting simultaneously 
and that the front end of either rig is not blown up.  

A second external hardware device is used to automatically switch the non 
transmitting rig to a receive antenna, usually a beverage.  This allows either 
station to continue to receive while the other station is transmitting on the 
main antenna.  Is it possible to link two K3s in such a way to replace this 
second piece of external hardware?  In other words when one K3 transmits, a 
message is sent to the other K3 to automatically switch to the RX antenna port? 
 Along the same lines of a TX inhibit except this would be switching the other 
rig to a RX antenna.  This second piece of external hardware does not offer any 
front end protection it only allows the inactive rig to continue to receive 
while the active rig is transmitting.  

Is this possible to do?

Thanks,
Kevin, N5DX
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