Wayne Thanks for the super quick and succinct reply.
The 3rd TX port is (for me at least) a huge boon and having at least 2 RX opens up a ton of possibilities. I’m really looking forward to the K4. Here is a blog post of my continued efforts to find a sweet spot between functionality and portability using two KX3 etc. https://nomadic.blog/2020/05/08/of-cannons-beer-and-paradise/ Paul W6PNG/M0SNA www.nomadic.blog > On May 15, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > >> I think I’ve read that the K4 will have 3 TX antenna ports and possibly up >> to 5 RX antenna ports. > > The KAT4 ATU provides three SO-239 antenna jacks. Any of the three antennas > can be selected for transmit. By extension, this becomes the default antenna > for the receivers, unless you choose a different receive antenna. ATU LC > settings for all three antennas are stored on a per-band basis, and each band > can have up to 32 different stored segments. > > There are two receive antenna inputs, RX ANT in 1 and RX ANT in 2. > > In addition, either of the two KAT4 antennas *not* currently being used for > transmit can be used as a receive antenna. > > In summary, each receiver has access to any of five antennas: > > - KAT4 ANT 1/2/3, either by sharing the TX antenna or by using one of the > KAT4 non-transmit antennas > > - RX ANT IN 1 and 2 > > For internal transverters, there's a fourth SO-239 (or an N connector). This > jack would be shared between two more transverter bands if applicable. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
