I am all for caution! That is why I suggested to start with 100 mw and work up rather that full power and take your chances. There is also a big difference in the selected antennas. Either a Carolina Windom or a classic Windom has a lot of vertical polarization while a Yagi has very little. Also my opinion of the quality of a K3 versus an FT-2K is very much higher, but I think the ability to turn the power down to sub QRP levels and the difference in antennas is very important. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: "bernhard.ho...@bmw.de" <bernhard.ho...@bmw.de> To: wrco...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:00 AM Subject: WG: [Elecraft] Antenna question Hi Willis, I killed an FT-2000D with a windom on ANT1 and Groundplane on ANT2...they were both about 20feet apart! Before that happened that on 15m my SWR of the windom was bad when the GP was connected..so the isolation of the FT-2000D was pretty poor. But this was, after speaking to other FT-2k owners, only an issue with the 200W version. Using now a 2 el Ultrabeam (by the way cool antenna for small spaces ), HF2V Vertical, Longwire and 3 Band Windom but haven't tried this with the K3. Using a 4 x switch on the roof of the house now and one cable going to the shack. So I am pretty cautious with 2 ant on one rig...hi 73s from Bavaria Bernie DL5RDP -------------------------------------------------- From: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrco...@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:21 PM To: "George Thornton" <gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com>; "'elecraft @ mailman . qth . net'" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Antenna question Since the K3 will do the QRP thing down to 100 mw, think about installing the vertical above the beam on the mast and gradually try more and more power out of the K3 until you start getting some overloading. At least you can find your answer without frying anything and some folks find QRP lots of fun. Maybe you will too! Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart ________________________________ From: George Thornton <gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com> To: "'elecraft @ mailman . qth . net'" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Antenna question This might be a stupid question, but here goes. I have a small lot. I currently am using a 3 element Yagi that barely fits on the property. I was thinking about getting a vertical as a second HF antenna. If I put it up it is going to have to be pretty close to the Yagi. I have a dual receive K3. If I have both receivers going, one on each channel, and I broadcast on one of these antennas, am I in any danger of overloading and frying the other receiver? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
