[amsat-bb] Antenna switching

[jim at k6ccc.org]

Yes, that Bird would do great, but you would not like the price!

Current new price:  $2,058.61
There is a used one on eham.com for only $485.00 OBO
http://www.eham.net/classifieds/detail/434149



73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
jim at k6ccc.org



-----Original Message-----
From: "Mike Diehl" <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 15:13
To: "Rolf Krogstad" <rolf.krogstad at gmail.com>
Cc: "<AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna switching

Maybe something like this would work?

https://www.birdrf.com/Products/Radio%20Infrastructure/RF%20Components/RF-Coaxial-Selector-Switches/72-R_Reversing-Coaxial-Selector-Switch.aspx

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID 

> On Apr 14, 2018, at 17:17, Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In the shack I am finally starting to use my Funcube Dongle Pro Plus with
> SDR-Console 3 and really am liking the combo, especially for the linear
> birds.
> 
> The one downside is having to manually unscrew coax connectors to swap the
> antennas from receiver to transmitter and vice versa when going from V/U to
> U/V and U/V to V/U.
> 
> I don't want to use multiple antenna switches because if I or a guest op
> doesn't set them properly I could blow the front end of the receiver.
> 
> Does anyone have an idiot-proof solution for throwing one switch and having
> the two antennas swapped between rcvr and xmtr?
> 
> Tnx es 73
> Rolf  NR0T
> EN34it
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
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