Good point, Pete
However I plan to "surf" the band with these antennas and will probably be
using them further up the band during SS, down on cw and in the rtty
portion. The corresponding voltages and high swrs would probably not allow
the close spacing of the RS relays. BTW, I initially purchased 3 of these
but changed my mind after seeing the close spacing of the pins and upon
advice of my antenna guru, HI
73 Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: k6ct <k6ct@pacbell.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vacuum relays??
>At 07:17 AM 1/21/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>I am in process of putting together 3 verticals on 80m. I want to use
vacuum
>>relays in the system. Where can I get 3 vacuum relays?
>>73 Tom
>
>
>Why vacuum relays? At 1.5KW, voltages in a low-impedance system like
>phased verticals are more appropriate to Radio Shack specials (at $6.95
>each). with the vacuum relays, you will also need a DC supply (at least
>for RJ-1As). If you want to persevere, Fair Radio has used RJ-1As at about
>$30 apiece.
>
>
>73,
>
>Pete N4ZR
>
>In Wild Wonderful, fairly rare WEST Virginia
>
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