Is the ETC proton gradient an example of secondary active transport? Why or why not?

[Gauss44]

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And what is required for secondary active transport?

I suspect (but don't know for sure):
-A port of some kind (either symport or antiport)
-A substance going down it's concentration gradient through the port (that is somehow required to "bring along" the substance being transported by secondary active transport in either direction)
-Maybe ATP ----- Is ATP ALWAYS indirectly required, or can another substance or series of events indirectly power secondary active transport?

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

NO direct coupling of ATP
requires electrochemical potential difference which is created by ion pumps in/out

I think ETC is a form of primary active transport, due to redox coupling