> Just about every Dow Key relay I come across I find that the receive
> side of the relay goes bad. Those are the ones that have the movable
> contact on the receive side that is supposed to short out the receive
> line. They get dirty and won't make good contact on receive. There is no
> way to clean inside the contact. I end up removing the whole thing and
> replacing it with a transmit side from another relay that is non
> shorting. The only way to get a good reliable relay.
>
[Steve Katz] Far as I know, that "floating" receive-side contact
didn't short anything, it opened up in the XMIT mode. The "opening" of the
contact provided more isolation. With enough use, it could open
permanently, providing great isolation, even in receive! -WB2WIK/6
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
>
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