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Rx antenna on K3

Dick Allardyce (N4RA)

I've had my K3 since June and everything seems to be working OK.  I just recently tried an RX antenna (beverage), but it doesn't work.  I've tried several antennas in the RX-in port, but no signal.  I've reviewed the manual and CONFIG parameters, but no cigar.  I initially hooked it onto the 6m preamp, but I removed the pre-amp to eliminate if from the equation.  Any recommendations?  I feel I'm missing something.

Regards,
Dick N4RA


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Re: Rx antenna on K3

Don Wilhelm-4
Dick,

Have you tried the regular antenna on the RX antenna jack?  I am trying
to eliminate the possibility that your beverage antenna has
significantly lower gain than your transmit antenna (beverages do have
lower gain).

We need to know whether it is a K3 problem or an antenna problem.

The possible paths for the various antenna ports are shown in the
diagrams in the K3 manual.  The configuration applicable to your
situation depends on your installed options and the configuration menu
settings.  We cannot give a good answer unless we know your K3
configuration.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/29/2011 7:55 PM, Dick Allardyce (N4RA) wrote:
> I've had my K3 since June and everything seems to be working OK.  I just recently tried an RX antenna (beverage), but it doesn't work.  I've tried several antennas in the RX-in port, but no signal.  I've reviewed the manual and CONFIG parameters, but no cigar.  I initially hooked it onto the 6m preamp, but I removed the pre-amp to eliminate if from the equation.  Any recommendations?  I feel I'm missing something.
>
> Regards,
> Dick N4RA
>
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