I need to figure out what's the best way to connect a beverage antenna for RX and my dipole for TX. I have a TS-570 and I can use the Antenna 1 & 2 connection - but then I'd need to manually remember
Bryan, I use the DX Engineering RTR-1 Receive Antenna Interface with my old TS-820S and it works great. I use the PTT line to control the RTR-1. It has very fast switching and a very convenient front
Hello Bryan I am very happy with KD9SV products, are very good and easy to use. I have "DXPedition II" box to select my beverages. FES protection, preamp and you can use it also with radios with no R
I use http://www.ok1rr.com/index.php/technical-topics/39-yet-another-front-end-saver _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
The DX switch only handles 200 watts and the MFJ is about the same. Being as popular as 800+ watts is for 160 with two antennas tx rx there must be more I would think? I need to check manual. Do tran
Thats twice the cost of the MFJ-1708 and for what benefit? It (either one) can also be built for a way lot less than that and if the DXE fails you dont even get a schematic so you can fix it. Yes I r
Thanks guys. It sounds like the DX and MFJ are out because of Watt limitations (200W?). There are two Front End Savers so far.. KD9SV Front End Saver and OK1RR Saver And there's this.. which sounds s
Thanks for input. Because I'm using two different radios for TX / RX - This product from Array sounds like a simple fix to RF overload. I think if I was using one radio and needed to switch - I'd go
Forgot the link to Array Solutions RF Limiter / Front Load Protector (Helps to know what they call these items so you can search for them :-) i.e.. "Front End Protector". http://arraysolutions.com/Pr
Forgot the link to Array Solutions RF Limiter / Front Load Protector (Helps to know what they call these items so you can search for them :-) i.e.. "Front End Protector". http://arraysolutions.com/Pr
It sounds like the DX and MFJ are out because of Watt limitations (200W?). You are misinterpreting the ratings. The ratings are for power from the transceiver sent out THROUGH the device, not transmi
By the way Buck, there is more to this than some people will tell you. The DXE switch uses a unique RF limiter that kicks in hard at about 23 dBm. Below that level there is no intermod at all!! It wi
How do we know what it has with no schematic available? It could be $1-2 worth of parts. I recommend that nobody buy anything from DXE that does not support an at home repair. I certainly agree every
Getting away from what we are discussing now (limiters) and back to the original question... it really is just a few bucks for a relay for a rig (without separate T and R jacks) at the 100W level, to
Getting away from what we are discussing now (limiters) and back to the original question... it really is just a few bucks for a relay for a rig (without separate T and R jacks) at the 100W level, to
Lots of good points, Tom. The problem is basically the same as a QSK linear. Most modern rigs have a pin on the back that goes low about 10 ms before any RF comes out of the rig. Common reed relays l
I had assumed, based on discussion, that full break-in QSK must be a requirement per the original post (which I have missed). Apparently it's not. When I switch from transmit to receive I throw ONE s
Yes, I didn't get that right and makes sense. Only 50W on my Radio.. 1/2 power into Amp. I'm obviously not electronically edumacated (as they say in Hawaii :-).. just trying to figure out how to reac
How do we know what it has with no schematic available? It could be $1-2 worth of parts. I recommend that nobody buy anything from DXE that does not support an at home repair. Carl KM1H By the way Bu
If something goes wrong in the RX antenna switch, you don't have to worry about the rig transmitting into its own receiver. That can't happen. The only thing that can happen is that you could damage