There is nothing magical about a front end saver, IMHO. Several years ago I
built my first, a simple unit employing a pair of Panasonic PCB-type relays
which grounded both the RX antenna port on my transceiver and the beverage
antenna input to the preamp/switching system on transmit. As long
Bill,
I don't know the complete list of radios that need one, but I do know that
more than one IC-751A and IC-765 have been damaged without some kind of
protection against RF getting in through the separate RX ANT input.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Bill Liz
There is nothing magical about a front end saver, IMHO. Several years ago
I built my first, a simple unit employing a pair of Panasonic PCB-type
relays which grounded both the RX antenna port on my transceiver and the
beverage antenna input to the preamp/switching system on transmit. As
long