[LCC] Receive antenna switching - Rhyme and reason...

[Roland Guidry]

Scott, I use a Receiver Antenna Switch with Linear Amp T/R made by KD9SV.
Tha receive antenna is grounded on transmit. The switch has a connection to
the receive only port on the transceiver. Works great here no problems. I
don't see how there would be a problem switching between two transceivers
with your SO2R device.
There may be other models available.
 
Roland NA5Q

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From: lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org
[mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of Scott Dickson,
W5WZ
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:37 PM
To: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org
Subject: [LCC] Receive antenna switching - Rhyme and reason...



Hi guys!  

 

It is time for me to add receive-only antenna switching to my thought
process as I continue planning and building.  A few questions in my mind:

 

1.	Is it necessary to ground the receive-only antenna (or receive-only
antenna port on the XCVR) during same band transmit on any rig in the shack?
I've heard that some rigs only mute the receive-only antenna port, while the
RF still hits the front end of the receiver.  What method are you using? 

2.	What method/device(s) are you using to switch between multiple
receive antenna, shared between 2 transceivers? 

3.	Are any of the RF switching devices automated, i.e. using a band
decoder to drive switching? 

 

 

I'm still working diligently on the station here at W5WZ.  If you are
interested in the progress, please visit my journal page:

 

http://w5wz.com/main/page_my_journal.html

 

--Scott, W5WZ

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