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1. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: tsarah@neo.rr.com (Ted Sarah); Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 07:46:00 -0400; Hi all, Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Ameritron RCS-4 Remote Antenna Switch? I know there is some loss with the unit, but I need a way to switch antennas without adding any; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00298.html (8,017 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: rthorne@tcac.net (Richard Thorne); Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 07:38:25 -0500; Hi Ted: I had one a few years ago, worked great. Sure was nice not having to run a control cable for the switch. -- Richard Thorne Advo Companies, Inc. 806-342-0600 List Sponsor: Champion Radio Produ; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00299.html (9,198 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 06:19:34 -0500; Been using one for about 3 years now, mounted at "eye level" on my tower, to switch between a tribander and a 75m dipole on the tower, and a ground-mounted vertical nearby. It has worked perfectly up; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00317.html (9,954 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: n7vm@lgcy.com (Bill Ralston); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:32:21 -0600; Ted, W8TTS asks: I've had two in service for about 9 years. One has operated flawlessly. The other had blown it's fuse twice and occasionally the relays hang up (if I give the relay box a smack they; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00320.html (8,833 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: jonk@jskent.com (Jonathan Kaplan); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:01:20 -0700; I don't think so. I've used my RCS-4 for three years, mostly at legal limit, without any problems at all. They're supposed to be rated to about 3kw, if my memory of the manual is correct. I mounted m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00324.html (9,143 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: kq2m@mags.net (Robert Shohet); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:26:28 -0400; Hi Ted, I have used three RCS-4's over the years. Although they are not built quite as sturdy today (plastic cover and cheaper quality SO-239's) as they were seven years ago (metal cover), they work; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00325.html (11,379 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: Dinsterdog@aol.com (Dinsterdog@aol.com); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:42:41 EDT; If you don't mind your low band antennas picking up the AC going along the coax to control relay switching- the RCS4 is great- My first RCS4 smoked as soon as I plugged it in, and the second created; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00329.html (9,765 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: k4sqr@juno.com (k4sqr@juno.com); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:52:54 -0400; Hi Paul, N0AH; You are correct; the Comtek Systems 8 position RCAS-8 Remote Antenna Switch requires a 6 conductor control cable, and a "borrowed feature since 1995 in the ACB-4 series 4-square " are; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00332.html (11,593 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: nn4t@bellsouth.net (steve); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:09:11 -0500; I have to add my two cents here, with the caveat that it is only one ham's experience. I too have used the RSC-4 for switching Beverages. The only time I had noise problems, and they were significant; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00335.html (11,539 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: w5na@megagate.com (J. Leon Pringle, Jr and Audrey S. Pringle); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:15:49 -0500; This reflector is an excellent source of both good and bad information on towers, antennas, antenna switching devices etc. One should be very careful though in taking everything posted as being corre; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00337.html (11,163 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: Dinsterdog@aol.com (Dinsterdog@aol.com); Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:39:49 EDT; To answer Mr Pringle, My name is Paul, not Poster I had a number of technical points referenced in my write up on eham- Look at eham.net under antenna switches product reviews where you find "the res; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00340.html (8,784 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 05:07:31 -0400; It's probably worth mentioning that I wound up with N0AH's RCS-4's. Both of those RCS-4's worked here, although one did have a charred 100 volt disc capacitor across the 12 volt power supply bypass l; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00344.html (9,717 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 05:07:31 -0400; They have ALWAYS used molded ABS covers. They use the same connectors, except there was a bad batch of connectors a few years ago. Then you almost certainly have loose connections or moisture in the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00345.html (10,261 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 05:07:31 -0400; Someone else a few months back had a problem with noise using an RCS-4. I told him that virtually every case was caused by defective coax, or water in fittings. His turned out to be a bad feed cable,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00346.html (9,359 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: kq2m@mags.net (Robert Shohet); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 07:30:21 -0400; HI Tom, they (not The one that I bought within the last two years had cheaper quality SO-239's on the outer box and a SO-239 on the control box that does not properly allow for a PL259 to be screwed-; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00347.html (11,479 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:33:41 EDT; The website calls everyone it doesn't recognize "anonymous". Either the computer didn't recognize you or there must've been something else like a different address you used, etc. Cheers, Steve K7LXC; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00350.html (8,512 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:54:42 -0400; That was probably from the batch of bad connectors. A vendor changed the parts without letting anyone know. They were not "cheaper", they were the same price. Sometimes stuff like that happens. It i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00352.html (10,937 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 (score: 1): Author: K3BU@aol.com (K3BU@aol.com); Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:20:20 EDT; to the This happened when they did the Y2K "surgery" on eHam. All old submissions were changed to Anonymous. If you want to display being credited for the info, just resubmit it now and make it dupe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00353.html (8,627 bytes)

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