Topband: Receive Antenna Switching

[Bill Gaines]

For a couple of years now I have had a 5 pennant array which has worked pretty well. This year I decided to utilize some adjoining land and put up a reversible beverage system NE/SW. I just installed it this past Saturday and was very impressed with the forward direction. I have not built the reversing component so I don't know how well it will go in that direction. 

To the point...I have a preamp in the shack for the pennants and can also run the beverage thru it if necessary. Since the pennants "float" above ground and the beverage is grounded will I encounter any problems of coupling if I use a simple coax type switch in the shack to select one or the other before the signal comes to the preamp. I want to avoid anything that will reduce the performance of either one but manually plugging and unplugging coax at the preamp isn't cutting it.

Bill AD8P