Are there Radio Shack stores in Sweden, Mike?
I've used their plastic covered relays for homebrew antenna switches. They
worked very well. Using SWR meter and a wattmeter, I found no insertion
loss or increase in SWR.
http://www.radioshack.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=C
TLG%5F010%5F008%5F005%5F000&Page=1
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73,
dale, kg5u
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mikael Larsmark
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:17 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Relays
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I wonder what kind of relays should I pick when building antenna
> switches. The coax relays are to expensive so that is not an option.
>
> I have actually used car relays for a while and they seem to work
> quite ok. I would like to know though what ratings should I suppose
> to look after? How many amps, the width between the "connectors"
> etc. should they handle? Of course this depends on how much
> SWR and power I'm using but if I say that they should handle
> 1.5kW and an SWR of 2:1, atleast!?!
>
> //Mike (SM3WMV // SM3W)
>
>
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