Hi, It's a dead short circuit for DC and low frequencies thanks to the SWR bridge (it has a voltage transformer directly across the antenna terminals). There seems to be different opinions on what is meant by "static". To me it means a slowly varying DC voltage caused by static buildup in the clouds during or before thunderstorms. The K3(S) is perfectly protected against these. Some people include the transients that are caused by actual lightning strikes nearby in the definition of "static". The K3(S) is not protected against these as they have very strong high frequency content. For these extra protection is needed as discussed several places in this thread. I have a number of Alpha-Delta switches in my antenna system and they have gas discharge tubes, but frankly I have no idea how effective they are.
AB2TC - Knut wayne burdick wrote >> On Oct 30, 2018, at 12:50 PM, Fred Jensen < > k6dgw@ > > wrote: >> >> Does my K3 have a static bleed across the antenna terminal(s)? > > Yes. > > Wayne > N6KR > <snip> -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
