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RE: Topband: remote coax switching

To: "Larry Higgins" <n9dx@comcast.net>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: Topband: remote coax switching
From: "Richard Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:12:10 -0800
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If you don't mind replacing a lightning damaged part now and
> then, you'll like Karl's approach.  Karl, has your switcher been
> exposed to
> any lightning yet?  Any damage, or unscathed?
>
> If you use solid state at the far end, a remote power supply is needed.  I
> have a 120 vac receptacle in the doghouse at the base of the tower. If you
> don't have remote power, I suppose the ac could be multiplexed with the
> multiple levels Karl is using, but that might be a real challenge.
>

My name is Rick, not Karl.  Anyway, we basically don't get lightning
in Galt, so I don't worry about it for the Beverages.  They are far
more likely to get eaten by critters or broken by me walking into
them, etc than struck by lightning.

I use DC not AC on the coax, BTW.  The DC is both the signaling voltage
and the power voltage.  Each relay has a dropping resistor so
it is happy with the voltage that is there when it is activated.

I antennas all over 20 acres.  Remote power is out of the question.

Rick (not Karl) N6RK

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