Re: [Elecraft] K3S RX antenna switching questions

2017-11-14 Thread Ken Roberson via Elecraft
Also make sure that your rx antenna is not running over ground radials from tx antenna73 Ken K5DNL On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 12:57:10 PM CST, j...@kk9a.com wrote: I am surprised that the front end protection would kick on with that much RX antenna spacing and only 50 watts unles

[Elecraft] K3S RX antenna switching questions

2017-11-14 Thread j...@kk9a.com
I am surprised that the front end protection would kick on with that much RX antenna spacing and only 50 watts unless there is another way RF is getting into the shack. If that is what's happening I concur with W3FPR. Another option would be a receiver overload protector such as https://www.dxengin

Re: [Elecraft] K3S RX antenna switching questions

2017-11-13 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, I suspect that increasing the TX Delay will *not* fix that problem. Since at greater than 50 watts, you hear relays clicking indicates that the K3S COR is being activated. The solution is to either move your RX antenna further from the TX antenna or use some device that disconnects or gr

[Elecraft] K3S RX antenna switching questions

2017-11-13 Thread Steve Steltzer via Elecraft
Here's the setup : 3 month old K3S. Full wave 80 mtr RX loop. Closest point to TX antenna is around 200 ft. Over 50 watts I hear relays clicking and stations have a hard time breaking in even using QRQ plus. I assume the RX antenna is not switching fast enough and I'm gettingĀ  milliseconds of hi