Richard,
I thought you fell off the edge of the earth. If you go this route, you
need to turn on menu 18 to make the RX antenna jack active. It is the
RCA jack at the lower right hand corner of the rear of the radio.
If you are going to do this, why not forget the RX only antenna and pick
up a 2 position coax switch. You would be able to TX on whichever of
the antennas is better at a particular time. Coax jumper from ant 1 of
the radio to the switch, and each antenna to the other side of the
switch. Manually switch the coax switch between the 2 HF antennas.
If you have the supports and wherewithal to put up a loop, why not make
it bigger? Then if you upgrade, you would be already set up with a
loop that isn't limited to 10 meters, and you won't have to do the
project again.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/6/2015 11:42 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Your plan should work, although you might not get to use it often as 10
> meters isn't open all the time, especially with the cycle descending.
>
> A beverage antenna is a very long wire, usually hundreds of feet long, that
> is strung about 4 feet off the ground. It is directional toward the
> direction in which the wire is extended. They're usually used on the low
> frequencies like 80 and especially 160 meters. A possible advantage of a
> loop on 28 megs is that it will be small so you should be able to rotate it
> and null out the noise. Also, I'm not familiar with the 2000 in this regard
> but you'll probably have to either throw a switch on the radio or change
> something in the menus to switch in that receive only antenna. good luck and
> 73. Lou WA3MIX
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard B. McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 10:47 AM
> Subject: Kenwood TS-2000 Receive-only Antenna
>
>
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>>
>> Page 76 of the TS-2000 manual says: "HF RX ANTENNA - If you have a
>> separate
>> HF antenna (below 30 MHz) only for receiving, connect the antenna coaxial
>> cable to the HF RX ANT connector on the rear panel. This connector is
>> considered to be connected to a beverage antenna or directional loop
>> antenna
>> for low- band operation."
>>
>>
>>
>> I intend to make a 10M full wave loop antenna to connect to the RX only
>> antenna jack of the TS-2000. Right now, I use a multi-band 43' vertical
>> antenna (6M - 160M) for 10M operations (phone). Although this vertical is
>> pretty good at TX, it is pretty noisy at RX. Often, I encounter a weak
>> signal that is hard to pull-in. So, here is where I am thinking of
>> employing the 10M RX only full wave loop antenna. Therefore, I have the
>> following questions about this:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) What does the language in the manual (above) mean when it says
>> "If
>> you have a separate HF antenna (below 30 MHz) only for receiving"? I
>> intend
>> to make my antenna at 28.4 MHZ. Because I am only a Technician Class, my
>> 10M phone privileges are only in the range 28.3 MHZ - 28.5 MHZ; hence
>> making
>> this full wave loop at 28.4 MHZ. Essentially, will my antenna work?
>>
>> 2) What does the language in the manual (above) mean when it says
>> "This
>> connector is considered to be connected to a beverage antenna or
>> directional
>> loop antenna"? What is a "beverage" antenna? What is the difference
>> between
>> my intended "full wave loop" versus a "directional loop" antenna?
>>
>> 3) Am I correct that when I am operating and tell the TS-2000 to use
>> the RX only antenna TX would still go out to my 43' vertical, and that no
>> RX
>> would be heard from that 43' vertical?
>>
>>
>>
>> After I upgrade to General Class, I think I might put a 40M or 80M full
>> wave
>> loop antenna onto my TS-2000. Presently, I have the 43' vertical on the
>> TS-2000's "Ant 1" jack and a 6M J-pole on "Ant 2." Whether I put this
>> future 40M or 80M full wave loop onto the RX only, Ant 1 or Ant 2 jacks is
>> a
>> question for another day.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Richard KK6MRH
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