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[AMPS] TS-940 and SB-200

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Subject: [AMPS] TS-940 and SB-200
From: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:43:39 -0800





> I've had a TS-850S for 7 years now and have been using it with SB-200 and
> SB-220 amps with no problems. Have I just been lucky? Should I expect the
> amp keying relay to die any day now?
> 73,
> Doug, K4DSP
        [Steve Katz]  Maybe you have been lucky.  I added a reverse
polarized diode across the relay contacts in my TS850 as a kickback
suppressor, and the contacts seem to be lasting okay switching 24Vdc @ 100mA
or so, but I question their ability to repeatedly switch 120Vdc...

        WB2WIK/6

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