Thanks Mike - My questions have been amply and fully answered, except why turning on the PR6 turned on the internal preamp as well. But since I now know how to prevent that, all is good.
73, Mike(2) NF4L Mike Harris wrote: > G'day Mike, > > Control of the K3 internal pre-amp is independent of the PR6. That is > you can have neither, either or both. You should be able to hear the > difference. > > RX ANT will switch the PR6 and PRE will switch the K3 internal pre-amp. > > If you are switching the PR6 using the CONFIG DIGOUT 1 setting note > that you have to enable it for each ANT if you have a KAT3 installed. > You might not always use the same antenna port for 6M. This wasn't > mentioned in the PR6 paperwork and I had a deaf moment until I figured > that one out. > > You can select CONFIG: DIGOUT 1 and toggle the ANT to check that both > are On. > > I trust that answers your question. > > Regards, > > Mike VP8NO > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <n...@nf4l.com> > To: "Elecraft" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 6M operation > > >> No one knows? >> >> Mike wrote: >>> I installed the PR6, hooked up to the control line. I set up the CONFIG >>> menu. When I put the rig on 6M, and tap RX ANT to turn on the PR6, the >>> display shows RX and PRE. >>> Is the other preamp engaged at the same time? The PRE on the LCD can be >>> toggled by tapping the PRE button. >>> >>> 73, Mike NF4L > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
