[CQ-Contest] Antenna Switching

[john at kk9a.com]

I have used a SixPak controlled by Top Ten band decoders for decades.
Unfortunately DX Engineering acquired Top Ten Devices and it appears that
they discontinued the product.  Since I have more than one Yagi on 10m -
40m, I use Array Solutions StackMatches on the outputs of the SixPak so I
can easily switch which beams I wish to use on each band.  It appears that
you have a monobander(s) and a tribander, so doing something similar would
require three StackMatches and a triplexer to split the tribander into three
feedlines.  A simpler option would be to use a StackMatch before the SixPak
on one radio so at least with that radio you could choose one or even both
antennas.  Of course you would have to be sure that the tribander was not
selected when going on the low bands so it's not 100% foolproof.

John KK9A




Lee Hiers AA4GA wrote:

Hi Folks,

I've got an old Array Solutions SixPak antenna switch.  I'm thinking about
using band decoders (or however it's done these days, depending on the rig)
to have the antenna switch automatically follow the radios' bands.

The question I have is, if I'm on my main 20m antenna and want to change to
a SE tribander, say, how is that generally implemented?  Presumably I'd
want to be able to select that secondary antenna from either radio.  How
are folks doing the auto-antenna-switch override?

73 de Lee, AA4GA