[CQ-Contest] RE: [YCCC] ft-1000mp beverage switching?

[Michael K. Loukides]

I'd imagine that, with an antenna like the k9ay, you'd also want to
switch out the preamp, too?  Or do you not use one?

(I'm considering putting up a pennant this summer--that's why I'm
asking.)

Mike

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Brian Lambert, N1IK wrote:

> I believe that's right, David, the RX port is not switched off/out when the
> rig is transmitting.
>
> To protect my radio, especially now that I have an amplifier, I installed a
> relay to disconnect my K9AY loop from the FT-1000MP MARK-V Field during TX.
> K9AY sells one:
>
> http://www.aytechnologies.com/Products/RIP1data.htm
> http://www.aytechnologies.com/
>
> I could have made my own, but his was cheap enough that it wasn't worth my
> time.
>
> Best,
>
> Brian Lambert
> N1IK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yccc-bounces at yccc.org [mailto:yccc-bounces at yccc.org] On Behalf Of
> David Robbins K1TTT
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: YCCC; reflector cq-contest
> Subject: [YCCC] ft-1000mp beverage switching?
>
> Trying to figure out how to do 2 radios on one band with mp's... it appears
> that the beverage antenna input is not switched off when the ptt is keyed,
> is this correct??  So when transmitting the beverage is still connected
> through to the rx rf path?  Or does the relay on the rf board that selects
> the beverage input get switched back to the (now disconnected by the tr
> relay) normal antenna line??
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
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