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Re: [TenTec] Wanted Heath HD-1481 Antenna Switch

To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>,"boatanchors" <boatanchors@theporch.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wanted Heath HD-1481 Antenna Switch
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:13:54 -0500
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One idea is to simply arrange the coax feeders so that at a Y junction you
can feed a 20m beam say, thru half wave of coax, and feed a dipole say for
40m thru another half wave of coax.   At 20m, the 40m antenna should look
like something other than a low impedance, while the 20m antenna looks like
the low impedance path and most of the power will go there.  (At 20m, 40m
half wave of coax looks like a full wave, and its end impedance is high for
20m.)

If you have more than 2 antennas, a home made switch is not hard to make,
using a stepping solenoid to power the switch shaft of something like one of
the MFJ 6 way antenna switches.  The whole must be placed in a better water
tight box, however, but you could place it under a cover of plastic box open
at bottom to receive the cables and allow for air circulation and exit of
condensation.

-Stuart
K5KVH



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