What is the offical way to connect a receive antenna (small magnitic loop) to the 6500 series? Have searched but not found a good way to do.
Posted 6 months ago
Andreas Junge, Elmer
Hook it up to the XVTR port and then select the XVTR port as RX antenna.
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73, Andreas, N6NU
George Molnar, KF2T, Elmer
Chris Tate - N6WM, Elmer
I was gonna say.. -perhaps the RXA or RXB bnc ports.
Ken - NM9P, Elmer
On a 6500, it would be the RXA BNC port.
You could also use the XVTR port , but the TX/RX switching would probably be cleaner with the RXA.
I agree with others, I wouldn’t recommend using the ANT2 port for a receive only antenna, especially if it has active devices in it.... that is a disaster waiting to happen if you forget and transmit into it.
BTW... For those with a 6300, which has no RXA port, 6300 users would need to use the XVTR port for receive only antennas.
You could also use the XVTR port , but the TX/RX switching would probably be cleaner with the RXA.
I agree with others, I wouldn’t recommend using the ANT2 port for a receive only antenna, especially if it has active devices in it.... that is a disaster waiting to happen if you forget and transmit into it.
BTW... For those with a 6300, which has no RXA port, 6300 users would need to use the XVTR port for receive only antennas.
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Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
