Why not put the relays at the feedpoint, shorting out a small coil or loop
for SSB and open for CW. Would need a little higher current rating but
would be easier to feed power to relays.
At 09:44 PM 4/10/98 +0000, Barry Kutner wrote:
>I would like to install some relays on my 80m 1/2 wave slopers to
>allow in-the-shack switching from CW to SSB (rather than running
>ouside and folding back the wires as I do now). Being that the
>end of wire is the high voltage point, at 1500W can anyone tell me
>what kind of voltage we are talking about? Looking for the specs so
>can choose an appropriate relay based on voltage and current ratings.
>(Looking to follow the LXC prime directive and follow the
>munfacturers specs).
>
>73 Barry
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