Or it you have a dedicated 6M antenna and the ATU....connect it to Ant-2 and make sure that ant position is selected for 6M! 73 Elliott WA6TLA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lew Phelps K6LMP" <[email protected]> To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> Cc: "Gil WA5YKK" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PR6 6 meter antenna connections
> Don't feel alone, Gil. > > I went through the same head-scratching several months ago, when I bought > my PR6. > > connection is actually quite simple. > > Your 6 m antenna connects to the HF antenna jack on the back of the rig > ( ANT-1.) > > Connect the 6 m preamp to the "receive only" bnc jacks on the transverter > interface. connect 12 V power to the preamp using the supplied RCA plug > that goes into the auxiliary 12 RCA-style 12 V jack on the back of the > rig, enter connects to the preamp with the small 3-pin connector attached > with red and black wires to the RCA plug. Make sure it is oriented > properly; the red wire goes toward the rig and the white wire away from > it. The plug is not polarized, so it is possible to put it in backwards. > No harm if you do, but the preamp won't work. > > You have one additional setup question to deal with. Do you want to preamp > to be powered whenever the rig is on, or only when the rig is tuned to the > 6 m band? If "always on" is your preference, your setup is done. If you > want the preamp to be powered only when the rig is tuned to 6 m, then you > need to remove the jumper from J2 (see instruction manual), and connect > the supplied db-15 connector with one white wire coming out of it to the > AUX > DB-15 jack on the back of the rig. Go into the config menu and set > DIGOUT1 to "on" with the rig tuned to 6 m, and to make sure that DIGOUT1 > is set to "off" for all other bands. That configuration will power up the > preamp when you switch the rig to 6 m. > > To engage the preamp, simply tune your rig to the 6 m band and press the > RX ANT button on the front of the rig, (near the power button). When you > do that, the K3 will automatically route the receive signal to the RX ANT > module, through the 6 m preamp, and back to the front to end of the K3 > receiver. When you transmit, the rig will automatically bypasses the > receive antenna circuitry, and sends the transmit signal directly out > through the ANT-1 connector. > > For normal use on 6 m, you don't connect anything to the "outboard" pair > of bnc jacks on the preamp. those basically exist to provide the receive > only antenna functionality for every band other than 6 m, since the > preamp is bypassed when the preamp is powered off. in this mode, a > receive only signal goes directly from the "outboard" pair of BNC jacks to > the "inboard" pair that are connected to the rig itself. > > When you first hook this thing up, it's natural to assume that the 6 m > antenna ought to connect to the 6 m preamp, but it doesn't. The 6 m > received signal simply takes a little detour from the main antenna input > jack through the preamp, and then back into the receiver. It's like > stopping at Starbucks for an espresso to give yourself a boost before you > go on a long trip (through the receiver). > > Hope this helps. > > Lew k6lmp > > >> For the six meter PR6 owners and users; >> >> I've followed the factory guides on the PR6, no problems with >> installing it, but I'm totally befuddled about where the 6 meter antenna >> itself is connected! All the text does is refer to different K3 >> connections, in terms that are fuzzy to me at best, bearing in mind that >> my brain is still "fuzzed over" from a case of the flu, and a lot of >> items aren't making sense right now anyhow. >> Would the experts in the group kindly give me an explanation of what >> cable goes where, to make this system work? The Elecraft tech support >> goes into a vernacular which makes little to no sense to a late '50s era >> beginner, "before logic gates and bypass modes". >> Sorry for sounding like a babe in the woods, but I have almost no >> time for thinking things through, too many work items to accomplish with >> a spine that's telling me I'm nearly headed for a wheelchair! >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
