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[Towertalk] Relay Summary

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Subject: [Towertalk] Relay Summary
From: brewerj@squared.com (brewerj@squared.com)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:02:03 -0500
jirka@jimaz.cz mentions:

>How much current you have there from 1mikroV signal into 50Ohms from the
>antenna. !?!?!?!?!? On transmit the nonconducting layer which develops
>on the contacts will brake through and no problem but on receive of tiny
>signals ?

Just about every old high power used a dow key relay , or some type
of open frame DPDT relay, and I doubt those were gold plated. I certainly
have not noticed any deterioration in signal with those rigs that are still
connected via a dow-key (or similar) KW relays with standard contacts!

73
john wb5oau/4


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