Ahhhhhhhhhhh...luv it when K.I.S.S. idea passes by, Tim....I can do that!! So
simple, how come I didn't think that solution up!!
Much appreciated! Jim R. K9JWV
> From: tshoppa@wmata.com
> To: rodenkirch_llc@msn.com; topband@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:48:11 +0000
> Subject: Re: Topband: Single antenna port xcvr but want to employ
> separate receive antenna
>
> Traditionally a "T/R switch" means a switch to be used the other way, to
> allow you to move a single antenna between your separate transmitter and
> receiver. Ironic that here we are in the 21st century and some of use an
> external box to do the reverse function!
>
> To switch between transmit and receive antennas on my rig, I use a small 12V
> relay keyed via my Ten-Tec Eagle's "amp key" output when I'm on 160.
>
> Every transceiver made in the past 50 years has an amp key line of some kind.
> On the Jupiter it's a phono jack labeled "EXT T/R".
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of James
> Rodenkirch
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 8:36 AM
> To: Top Band Contesting
> Subject: Topband: Single antenna port xcvr but want to employ separate
> receive antenna
>
> Have my vertical working great and have a small Delta-loop low band receive
> antenna BUT the Ten Tec Jupiter doesn't have a separate receive antenna like
> a K2, for instance (I borrowed a K2 to try out but the buttons/controls are
> to small for me to operate as I have a severe case of peripheral neuropathy,
> courtesy of Agent Orange).So, I am up and running and will be in the CQ 160
> contest at the end of January but have no means, currently, of switching
> rapidly 'tween the top loaded vertical and loop. A T/R switch won't "do it"
> for me....so looking at a DX Engineering RTR-1A but sure don't like the
> price!!http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-rtr-1a
> Anyone have an RTR-1 or 1A that is excess to their needs and willing to sell
> OR have another idea of how I can employ a separate receive antenna when I
> have one antenna port?
> Thank you, in advance, for any replies....off line replies work for me.
> 72/73, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
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