Pete Smith wrote:
> I've noticed a tendency (myself included) to go with big and beefy whether
> it's necessary or not - using Jones plugs to carry 60 milliamps of current,
> using vacuum relays whether the voltages justify it or not, etc. There are
> literally thousands of 2-buck PC board relays switching full legal limit
> power in Top-Ten relay boxes around the country and the world. I have never
> heard a report of one failing in use absent other forces such as lightning or
> "serious smoke." W2VJN has written about testing these relays at high SWR
> and more than maximum legal power for extended period, so why not relax and
> enjoy a bargain for a change.
>
>
> Before anyone asks, I just looked in my Mouser catalog and tried to jog my
> memory, without success - mine are all closed up, and out on the tower.
> Perhaps someone else recalls the specific part.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
Trudging several hundred feet, through 3 ft of snow during a Maine
winter, to futz with a recalcitrant relay at the base of the antenna
will make one wish he had spent a few extra bucks for the vacuum
relay!
73, Roger
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