> It seems that most anode bandswitching arrangements put
> the switch wiper more towards the output side of the pi or
> pi-L network (e.g., on a pi-net the switch wiper is on the
> load side of the inductor).
> Is there a particular reason for doing so?
Voltage breakdown. That's almost always the weakest spot.
> It would be a lot easier to add padding capacitors for the
> low bands on a single-pole/wafer switch if the wiper were
> on the tune side.>
Why? The best place for the wiper contact is loading cap in
any network.
> Or does the wiper assembly really add that much stray C?
No, but the extra tank components that are shorted do.
73 Tom
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