Topband: TX/ RX Antenna Switching

Tom W8JI w8ji at w8ji.com
Wed Nov 14 08:07:28 EST 2012


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 will not deteriorate the 
receiver, like normal cheap back-to-back diode systems.

If you need a receiver limiter and do not want to hurt receiver dynamic 
range on modern receivers, it takes far more circuitry than cheap 
back-to-back diodes.

73 Tom 



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