On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:33:25 -0800, you wrote: >James Kohnke (W6VAR) wrote: >> For those that have installed the KRX3, which option did you choose for the >> receive antenna, BNC or ATU? How do you intend to operate with the second >> receiver that guided you to this choice? > >I do two things with the KRX3. One is to listen to a dx station in one ear and >the >pileup in the other, in order to more easily find the guy the dx is working so >I can >call on that frequency. For this purpose, I want the KRX3 to share the main >antenna. > >The other is to use diversity reception. I have laid about 200 feet of wire on >the >ground to make a low-noise rx antenna, and I also have a vertical which I can >use as >a receiving antenna. When operating diversity I want the KRX3 to use one of >these >antennas. > >I chose BNC. I connect the diversity antennas to the BNC jack (I have a switch >to >select one of them). The latest firmware allows you to choose either MAIN or >AUX for >the KRX3 antenna in normal and diversity mode, so this gives me what I want >automatically. > >All the above could have been done with the ATU setting (and connecting the >KRX3's >auxiliary input to the KAT3). Then I would have connected my receiving >antennas to >the Antenna 2 connector on the KAT3. But by using the BNC connector, I free up >Antenna 2 for a second transmitting antenna!
I use the same setup described by W6VAR, using an 80m full wave loop for the QSX antenna. I use antenna 2 for 6m exclusively. Tom Hinson Childers, N5GE K3 #806, XV144, XV432 Mini-Modules http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net _______________________________________________ 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
