RX antenna

[Ian Westerland]

Hi!  My K3 arrived last Wednesday and has since been set up and is
now in use.  It is a great transceiver I am enjoying getting to kno.

I am using a Hampod to provide access via voice output and am
wondering about the RX antenna button on the K3 front pannel.  When I
turn the RX antenna off and on, the Ham Pod announces "Pre-amp." When
I press the Pre-amp button the Ham Pod annunces "Pre-amp enabled/
disabled" depending on which press of the button is active.

Is the Pre-amp announcement on the RX antenna button what you see on
the screen?  I would have thought that the button for the RX antenna
would be announced as the Rx antenna off/on.
By trying  out the transceiver I was able to interpret ok so am not
having any problems.

Thanks in anticipation of an answer/explanation.

73


Ian Westerland,  VK3vin

   

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[Vic Rosenthal]

The preamp is on or off per-band and per-antenna. So for example you could have it on with the rx antenna and off with antenna 1 and on for antenna 2 on a given band. Possibly when you turn the rx antenna on or off you are also changing the state of the preamp, and that is what the ham pod is announcing.
In this situation, you would see both rx and pre appear on the screen if both were on.

Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO

> On Mar 22, 2015, at 4:53 AM, Ian Westerland <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi!  My K3 arrived last Wednesday and has since been set up and is now in use.  It is a great transceiver I am enjoying getting to kno.
>
> I am using a Hampod to provide access via voice output and am wondering about the RX antenna button on the K3 front pannel.  When I turn the RX antenna off and on, the Ham Pod announces "Pre-amp." When I press the Pre-amp button the Ham Pod annunces "Pre-amp enabled/ disabled" depending on which press of the button is active.
>
> Is the Pre-amp announcement on the RX antenna button what you see on the screen?  I would have thought that the button for the RX antenna would be announced as the Rx antenna off/on.
> By trying  out the transceiver I was able to interpret ok so am not having any problems.
>
> Thanks in anticipation of an answer/explanation.
>
> 73
>
>
> Ian Westerland,  VK3vin
>
>  
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[Rich-4]

It may be because if you turn the preamp on while the rx ant is on. Then
the preamp will turn ON/OFF when you toogle the RX ant ON/OFF.   I hope
that is clearer than mud.

Rich

On 3/21/2015 10:53 PM, Ian Westerland wrote:

> Hi!  My K3 arrived last Wednesday and has since been set up and is now
> in use.  It is a great transceiver I am enjoying getting to kno.
>
> I am using a Hampod to provide access via voice output and am
> wondering about the RX antenna button on the K3 front pannel. When I
> turn the RX antenna off and on, the Ham Pod announces "Pre-amp." When
> I press the Pre-amp button the Ham Pod annunces "Pre-amp enabled/
> disabled" depending on which press of the button is active.
>
> Is the Pre-amp announcement on the RX antenna button what you see on
> the screen?  I would have thought that the button for the RX antenna
> would be announced as the Rx antenna off/on.
> By trying  out the transceiver I was able to interpret ok so am not
> having any problems.
>
> Thanks in anticipation of an answer/explanation.
>
> 73
>
>
> Ian Westerland,  VK3vin
>
>
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