Topband: Front-end savers?

[Bob Tellefsen]

Don
The front end saver, or receiver feedline shorting, is a good idea if you
are running power.

However, with your receiving antenna so close to your transmitting vertical,
you will have significant pickup of noise reradiated from the vertical.  A
number of us are using relays to disconnect, or detune the vertical during
transmit.  This greatly reduces the noise you hear during receive intervals.

Hope this helps.
73, Bob N6WG