KPA1500 not the whole answer

[Leroy]

   Full K3s  KPA500  K line setup here.

I have  10 acres with 5 acres of it in antenna farm.  

My K3s with subreceiver, used almost exclusively in diversity receive mode, which  works so
great,  that I think if everybody  was using one, 1500 watt amps would be a waste of resources.

I knew that diversity receive was the way to go.  All of the FAA search radar systems I worked on
before I retired, use two receive channel diversity standard. When you are detecting the reflected signal
off the target at 250 miles,  diversity receive is the difference between not seen and full detection.

Not every one is fortunate as I to have room for superior antennas.

But every one has room for diversity receive with the K3s.

73  Leroy AB7CE



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[Vic Rosenthal]

I have the opposite - minimum space for antennas. I have a short (10 m long) rotary dipole and a Pixel Loop RX antenna about 10m away from it. The loop is vertically polarized and diversity really helps, even on 40 meters where the separation is only about 1/4 wavelength.
Signals have a 'solid' sound that makes them stand out from the noise. One of my favorite K3 features!

Vic 4X6GP

> On 1 Jan 2017, at 05:37, lmarion <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>   Full K3s  KPA500  K line setup here.
>
> I have  10 acres with 5 acres of it in antenna farm.  
>
> My K3s with subreceiver, used almost exclusively in diversity receive mode, which  works so
> great,  that I think if everybody  was using one, 1500 watt amps would be a waste of resources.
>
> I knew that diversity receive was the way to go.  All of the FAA search radar systems I worked on
> before I retired, use two receive channel diversity standard. When you are detecting the reflected signal
> off the target at 250 miles,  diversity receive is the difference between not seen and full detection.
>
> Not every one is fortunate as I to have room for superior antennas.
>
> But every one has room for diversity receive with the K3s.
>
> 73  Leroy AB7CE

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