Receive antenna

[JayR]

Just getting my K3 up and running.  I have a K9AY loop and would like to

Have that as the receive antenna each time  I change band to 160/80

Is there a way for the radio to remember this activity?  Or do

I have to press the rcv antenna switch each time?

Comments appreciated.

 

BTW a million thanks to KR2Q for his masterful job in

Putting the thousand parts into one great radio for me

 

Jay

 

 

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[Bill W4ZV]

Jay Rodaman wrote

Just getting my K3 up and running.  I have a K9AY loop and would like to
Have that as the receive antenna each time  I change band to 160/80
Is there a way for the radio to remember this activity?  Or do
I have to press the rcv antenna switch each time?

The K3 will remember RX ANT selection per band.  If you set it ON for 80 and 160, that's the way the radio will come up when you switch to those bands.  Of course if you leave it OFF, then it will remember that when you return.

73,  Bill  W4ZV

[Gary Smith]

> Just getting my K3 up and running.  I have a K9AY loop and would like to
>
> Have that as the receive antenna each time  I change band to 160/80
>
> Is there a way for the radio to remember this activity?  Or do
>
> I have to press the rcv antenna switch each time?

Jay,

I also use a K9AY for Rx and I have found it most effective on other
bands as well. The pre in the Array Solutions setup works great on 80
& 160 but it attenuates greatly outside these bands. I also have a
DXEngineering pre which I use instead to make up the loss of the K9AY
and it works well throughout the HF range. I simply leave the K9AY
pre turned off.

When runing in diversity I can hear benefits on 40 meters and even 30
meters using the K9AY. The nulls don't work well if at all but the
K9AY still is an advantage with diversity. Listening to marginal copy
DX is still often enhanced this way on those bands. Haven't heard
anything new on 20M lately so I haven't spent much time there since
I've had the K3 so I don't know how the AY will help on that band or
higher.

73,
Gary
KA1J
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