Re: [Elecraft] Switching RX ant between ports

2018-03-15 Thread Bill W4ZV
I use two different RX antennas in diversity. I have a selection of 7 Beverages on Main and 4 direction switchable Hi-Z RX4SQ on Sub. If I want to listen on my TX antenna (which is occasionally best), I toggle RX ANT to switch from the Beverages to TX ANT. If the RX4SQ is not contributing to SNR

Re: [Elecraft] Switching RX ant between ports

2018-03-14 Thread Bill Johnson
I also use a switch and it is a great solution. 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of wb6r...@mac.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 1:33 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Switching RX ant between ports I've u

Re: [Elecraft] Switching RX ant between ports

2018-03-14 Thread wb6rse1
I've used a switch and a magic "T." No need for either. "Wire-Or" the AUX and RX IN ports together with a BNC T connector and then to the RX Antenna. Works just fine. GL - Steve WB6RSE On Mar 14, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Bill Stravinsky via Elecraft wrote: I use a 2 position switch to send the r

[Elecraft] Switching RX ant between ports

2018-03-14 Thread Bill Stravinsky via Elecraft
All this talk about how great Diversity is had me wondering, but when I try it out I realized I had to move the receiving antenna to the Aux RF jack. The Kady boom mentions using an RF splitter to allow the receive antgenna to be used for both purposes. What have other members of the list used for