Wow, Paul. Between the QTH, food, beer, and your dual KX3-PX3 setup, I'd say you have it made. Of course the K4 will eliminate 90% of the boxes and cables.
Surely you didn't get trapped down there semi-permanently by Covid-19? Rough life :) Wayne N6KR > On May 15, 2020, at 1:20 PM, Paul Gacek <w6...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Wayne > > Thanks for the super quick and succinct reply. > > The 3rd TX port is (for me at least) a huge boon and having at least 2 RX > opens up a ton of possibilities. > > I’m really looking forward to the K4. > > Here is a blog post of my continued efforts to find a sweet spot between > functionality and portability using two KX3 etc. > > https://nomadic.blog/2020/05/08/of-cannons-beer-and-paradise/ > > Paul > W6PNG/M0SNA > www.nomadic.blog > >> On May 15, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> >>> I think I’ve read that the K4 will have 3 TX antenna ports and possibly up >>> to 5 RX antenna ports. >> >> The KAT4 ATU provides three SO-239 antenna jacks. Any of the three antennas >> can be selected for transmit. By extension, this becomes the default antenna >> for the receivers, unless you choose a different receive antenna. ATU LC >> settings for all three antennas are stored on a per-band basis, and each >> band can have up to 32 different stored segments. >> >> There are two receive antenna inputs, RX ANT in 1 and RX ANT in 2. >> >> In addition, either of the two KAT4 antennas *not* currently being used for >> transmit can be used as a receive antenna. >> >> In summary, each receiver has access to any of five antennas: >> >> - KAT4 ANT 1/2/3, either by sharing the TX antenna or by using one of the >> KAT4 non-transmit antennas >> >> - RX ANT IN 1 and 2 >> >> For internal transverters, there's a fourth SO-239 (or an N connector). This >> jack would be shared between two more transverter bands if applicable. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
