>At 02:28 PM 12/26/03 -0800, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
>>See <http://www.somis.org/QSK922.html>, Rich Measures' article on vacuum
>>relay QSK. He uses a reed relay for the input and an RJ1A or HC-1 vacuum
>>relay for the output. I have used a similar circuit in at least three
>>amplifiers so far, and it is ABSOLUTELY SILENT if you follow his advice to
>>use silicon rubber to mount it and thin pieces of copper foil to make the
>>leads. Foil works better than braid, becasue the braid wicks solder and
>>ends up rigid.
>
>
>Well, I'm perplexed. My braid connections are not rigid, I used a small
>vacuum relay for the input side, and absolutely silent is never a term I'd
>use.
** Plastic-case transistors are pretty close.
>Maybe I could have done something different, but it's hard to know
>what....
>
** Are the relays screwed/bolted direct to the chassis?
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