tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post8849284991547044476..comments2024-02-23T03:50:28.988-05:00Comments on VE9KK Blog : Another attic adventure.................VE9KK http://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post-20405344048303527312011-05-07T10:09:28.101-04:002011-05-07T10:09:28.101-04:00Good morning Julian, I agree the MFJ-1788 is a gre...Good morning Julian, I agree the MFJ-1788 is a great antenna for limited space. If it were not for the fact of having to modify the attic access way that antenna would be in the attic. My mobile whip dipoles will be in the attic for the time being while the DX-EE is there. But I never run over 5 watts and all the feed lines go through the LDG DTS-6 antenna switch. Having said that I never would trust that switch to act as isolation. So with only operating 5 watts max I hope to not run into any troubles. It would be a sad day in the shack if I toasted the K3.VE9KK https://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post-54634073254205473442011-05-07T04:30:15.867-04:002011-05-07T04:30:15.867-04:00I did open up the access hatch to get the MFJ into...I did open up the access hatch to get the MFJ into the attic. It's probably there forever now!<br /><br />I do find the MFJ-1788 to be an excellent antenna and I recommend it to many people who are really pushed for space but on the whole my multi-band dipole does outperform it.<br /><br />One issue to think about if having more than one antenna for the same band in an attic unless you only run QRP is that the signal radiated by one antenna could be picked up by the other and might be of sufficient voltage to harm the receiver it is connected to. I've read of people blowing up their K3s when one antenna was too close to another running QRO in a field day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.com