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Re: [CQ-Contest] Antenna Switching

To: Lee Hiers <lee.hiers@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Antenna Switching
From: Marty Sullaway <marty.sullaway@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:40:02 -0400
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Hi Lee

I'd suggest an antenna switch with more than 6 ports. The HamPlus 2x12 and
2x8 boxes are pretty excellent, and their controllers have logic for "bring
me to the 20m antenna when I go to 20, but let me select the south
tribander button"

Best,
Marty
NN1C



On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 12:21 PM Lee Hiers <lee.hiers@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've got an old Array Solutions SixPak antenna switch.  I'm thinking about
> using band decoders (or however it's done these days, depending on the rig)
> to have the antenna switch automatically follow the radios' bands.
>
> The question I have is, if I'm on my main 20m antenna and want to change to
> a SE tribander, say, how is that generally implemented?  Presumably I'd
> want to be able to select that secondary antenna from either radio.  How
> are folks doing the auto-antenna-switch override?
>
> 73 de Lee, AA4GA
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