I've got a K3/10 with a KXV3 on order. I have a vintage military amp that only needs 100 to 150mW of drive.
I've studied the RX antenna options provided with the K3 and KXV3 but still have questions: Can I reliably set the output power at the 100mW level (band-to-band) ? Ideally I would like a dedicated 100mW level TX output and a separate dedicated RX input. I think the separate RX input is possible via the KXV3 but it bypasses the front end bandpass filters. Is that correct? I think another approach could be to run the amplifier off the KXV3 output at 1mW bumping it up with a broadband amp to 100mW. RX would then come in through the normal ANT connection. Yes? Right now I have a second antenna transfer relay on the amp input which switches in a 30dB attenuator on TX to dump the 100W output of my transceiver down for the amp. I can simply replace the 30dB attenuator with a 20dB or 15dB and run the K3/10 at 'full' power. But with separate RX and TX on the K3 and reliable 100mW output control, I can eliminate the second transfer relay and the attenuator. Thoughts? THX all Bill N2BC K2 now, K3 coming _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
