{"id":6914,"date":"2013-07-26T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2013-07-26T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T12:59:16","slug":"bonito-introduces-the-antennajet-aas300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/bonito-introduces-the-antennajet-aas300\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonito introduces the AntennaJet AAS300 active antenna splitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6915\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_front_hamradio2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6915\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6915\" alt=\"The Bonito AS300 AntennaJet\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_front_hamradio2013-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_front_hamradio2013-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_front_hamradio2013-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_front_hamradio2013.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bonito AS300 AntennaJet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year, at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de\/ham-en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friedrichshafen <\/a>Hamfest, Bonito introduced the\u00a0AntennaJet AAS300&#8211;an active antenna splitter that will allow three receivers to use one antenna with very little loss. Dennis Walter, with Bonito, recently contacted me with info:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The AAS300 is a 3 way active antenna splitter with excellent specifications (like isolation of 70dB!) between the outputs.<\/p>\n<p>No extra power supply is necessary, because it\u2019s USB powered&#8211; no switching, no buttons.\u00a0The physical size is exactly like the Bonito RadioJet IF Receiver.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the most popular devices at the Friedrichshafen\u00a0show and we already have many preorders.<\/p>\n<p>The device is fully made here in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>We are starting now to resell it.<\/p>\n<p>The Price for end costumers is: 210,-\u20ac \/ 278 US$\u00a0as an introductory offer\u00a0and will be 230,-\u20ac \/\u00a0299,-US$ regular\u00a0(next year)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_rear_hamradio2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6916\" alt=\"antennajet_rear_hamradio2013\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_rear_hamradio2013-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_rear_hamradio2013-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_rear_hamradio2013-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/antennajet_rear_hamradio2013.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thanks, Dennis!<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to read more about the new AntennaJet AAS300, <a title=\"Bonito Radio Shop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamradioshop.net\/index.php?cat=KAT11&amp;lang=ENG&amp;product=00100\" target=\"_blank\">click here for specs on Bonito&#8217;s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is certainly a device I will consider purchasing. I tend to use one large multi-band delta loop for all of my receivers. I often record broadcasts on one receiver and wish that I could band-scan with the same antenna on another receiver. The AAS300 would make for a simple solution.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis tells me that the AAS300 will be available through North American retailers and global distributors that currently carry the Bonito RadioJet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, at the\u00a0Friedrichshafen Hamfest, Bonito introduced the\u00a0AntennaJet AAS300&#8211;an active antenna splitter that will allow three receivers to use one antenna with very little loss. Dennis Walter, with Bonito, recently contacted me with info: The AAS300 is a 3 way active antenna splitter with excellent specifications (like isolation of 70dB!) between the outputs. No extra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,836,3,714,43],"tags":[2041,2043,666,2042,2040,2039,2046,2045,2044],"class_list":["post-6914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturers","category-new-products","category-news","category-retailers","category-shortwave-radio","tag-aas300","tag-antenna-splitter","tag-bonito","tag-bonito-antenna-splitter","tag-bonito-antennajet","tag-bonito-antennajet-aas300","tag-hf-antenna-sharing","tag-hf-antenna-splitter","tag-shortwave-antenna-splitter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Nw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8723,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bonito-releases-the-antennajet-asm300-antenna-switch-and-mixer\/","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":0},"title":"Bonito releases the AntennaJet ASM300 Antenna Switch and Mixer","author":"Thomas","date":"February 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dennis Walter, President of the Germany-based radio manufacturer Bonito, has just informed me that their AntennaJet ASM300 has now been officially released. 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