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Old May 25th 05, 04:51 PM
Lucky
 
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Default Lowe HF-150 Antenna

Hi guys

It says in the manual that if the aerial selector switch is in the Norm
position the terminal long wire and 50 Ohm coax socket are *both active.
BUT, it also says the Whip socket, which is also the 50 Ohm coax socket, is
only active when the switch is in the Whip position.

What if you 2 antenna connected to the radio at the same time? One as a long
wire connected to the terminal and 2 small dipoles on the 50 Ohm socket. If
**both active when the switch is on Norm, how is the signal being
distributed to the radio?

I mean wouldn't this be a bad setup? 3 different antennas to the same radio?
I was switching the aerial selector to the Whip position when I wanted to
only use the dipoles. But then I wanted to use a long wire too cause certain
fequencies came in better with a lower noise floor with it and vice versa.
But it seems I can't switch to the long wire alone. The dipoles will always
chime in too.

If I switch to the Whip position,, I can use the dipoles alone but not the
other way around. So what do you suggest??


Also what I don't understand if switch is Attenuation position, it works on
both ant connections. But the Whip has a built in pre amplifier. So why
would you want to attenuate the pre amp?
It seems like a clumsy approach to me.

Thanks for any replies
Lucky