Antenna for 2nd receiver

[Paul Van Dyke]

I broke down and bought a K3s and now I'm going to have the second
receiver. Can somebody tell me a good antenna to put on there as I will be
using a TH11DX as the main antenna

Thank you
Paul - KB9AVO

On Jan 2, 2017 2:05 PM, "Rick Tavan" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Looking for a sounding board here to jump-start my brain. I run Windows 7
under VMware Fusion on a Macbook Pro. Although it's a difficult environment
to maintain, most Windows software works well. I run RemoteRig boxes to
connect a local K3 acting as a control head to a remote K3. The RemoteRig
box presents the remote K3's serial port as a local port (COM12 today) and
both Writelog and N1MM+ can connect to it and control the remote radio.
Right now, however, K3 Utility and K3 Memory Editor are not connecting to
it. (Yes, I terminated the loggers before trying the Elecraft apps.) I'm
pretty sure this configuration used to work, so I'm baffled. Usually it's
the other way around - a COM port has changed and I use K3 Utility to
discover which new port number to specify in the logger. But today the
logger connects and Utility doesn't.

If I eliminate the RemoteRig boxes and associated K3 Remote firmware, both
K3 Utility and the logger connect to the local K3 just fine from the
virtual Windows OS. I'm running FW Rev 5.55 on both K3's.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

/Rick N6XI

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Truckee, CA
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[Bill Frantz]

I rarely use diversity reception, but I should set up my antenna
switch to use it. Most of my use of the second receiver is to
listen to the pileup or to listen to other signals when
monitoring a frequency e.g. for a net to start. For me,
monitoring the pileup is the killer application.

For diversity, almost any antenna as a second antenna will get
you started.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 1/2/17 at 5:11 PM, [hidden email] (Paul Van Dyke) wrote:

>I broke down and bought a K3s and now I'm going to have the second
>receiver. Can somebody tell me a good antenna to put on there as I will be
>using a TH11DX as the main antenna
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[Matt Zilmer-3]

I use a 200 foot doublet on the Main, and a 33 foot vertical on the
Sub.  Does quite well on 40, 15m.

73,

matt W6NIA


On 1/2/2017 5:11 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:

> I broke down and bought a K3s and now I'm going to have the second
> receiver. Can somebody tell me a good antenna to put on there as I will be
> using a TH11DX as the main antenna
>
> Thank you
> Paul - KB9AVO
>
> On Jan 2, 2017 2:05 PM, "Rick Tavan" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Looking for a sounding board here to jump-start my brain. I run Windows 7
> under VMware Fusion on a Macbook Pro. Although it's a difficult environment
> to maintain, most Windows software works well. I run RemoteRig boxes to
> connect a local K3 acting as a control head to a remote K3. The RemoteRig
> box presents the remote K3's serial port as a local port (COM12 today) and
> both Writelog and N1MM+ can connect to it and control the remote radio.
> Right now, however, K3 Utility and K3 Memory Editor are not connecting to
> it. (Yes, I terminated the loggers before trying the Elecraft apps.) I'm
> pretty sure this configuration used to work, so I'm baffled. Usually it's
> the other way around - a COM port has changed and I use K3 Utility to
> discover which new port number to specify in the logger. But today the
> logger connects and Utility doesn't.
>
> If I eliminate the RemoteRig boxes and associated K3 Remote firmware, both
> K3 Utility and the logger connect to the local K3 just fine from the
> virtual Windows OS. I'm running FW Rev 5.55 on both K3's.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> /Rick N6XI
>
> --
>
> Rick Tavan
> Truckee, CA
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[Vic Rosenthal]

I like the Pixel Loop (I think DX Engineering now makes it). It is vertically polarized and somewhat directional, which makes it work well for diversity. It works throughout the HF bands, can null local QRN, and has a feature to turn itself off when you transmit in order to protect its preamp and your receiver.

Vic 4X6GP

> On 3 Jan 2017, at 03:11, Paul Van Dyke <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I broke down and bought a K3s and now I'm going to have the second
> receiver. Can somebody tell me a good antenna to put on there as I will be
> using a TH11DX as the main antenna
>
> Thank you
> Paul - KB9AVO
>
>

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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Paul,

A separate receive antenna is beneficial for diversity reception which you'll find most useful on the lower frequency bands. For the bands covered by the TH11DX, where you probably want the SUB RX to listen to the pileup while chasing DX, you surely don't need an alternate antenna. Just use the MAIN antenna selection for the SUB RX.

For the lower bands diversity reception with a low noise antenna on the SUB RX is useful if your transmitting antenna (perhaps a vertical) tends to pick up excessive noise. If you have quiet low band antennas you might not benefit from diversity reception.

73,
Mike K2MK

Paul Van Dyke wrote

I broke down and bought a K3s and now I'm going to have the second
receiver. Can somebody tell me a good antenna to put on there as I will be
using a TH11DX as the main antenna

Thank you
Paul - KB9AVO