RE: Coax Switch between two rigs

Posted by Don Wilhelm-3 on Mar 01, 2006; 3:01pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Coax-Switch-between-two-rigs-tp387104p387127.html

Lee,

It all depends on the switch - some isolate quite well, but others are
really bad.
If you want ot be really safe, rig up a relay for each transceiver to do the
switching task and short the coax going to the unused transceiver.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
>   OK....I know that this might be a dumb questions, but before I
> do a dumb thing I want to ask the question.  I have two
> rigs...one of which is the K2/100.  I have a two position coaxial
> switch (I think it is a Diawa CX201A) that I picked up at a
> hamfest. Is there enough isolation between the two positions
> where I could switch between two rigs?  I don't want to blow out
> the front end of either rig.  I would think that if you are using
> one rig, the other rig shouldn't be on or if it is on should not
> be on the same band.  Again, would this be something stupid to do
> or is it something that is done routinely?
>
>   Lee- K0WA
>

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