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[Towertalk] B&W - It just ain't the same

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Subject: [Towertalk] B&W - It just ain't the same
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:38:52 -0500
At 08:17 AM 12/3/02 -0800, kq4by wrote:
> From the 11/87 B&W Catalog:
>
>"BARKER & WILLIAMSON coaxial switches are made from the
>finest materials: heavy duty sliver plated switch contacts,
>ceramic switch decks, and rugged steel enclosures.  The
>handle the legal amateur power with ease and low SWR. The
>attractive CS series of switches in rectangular boxes is
>designed for the HF bands from 1.8 to 30 MHz.  All
>connectors are on one surface and the box may be wall
>mounted by means of holes in the back, or rest on a
>surface.  Cross-talk, measured at 30 Mhz is -45 dB between
>adjacent outlets and -60 dB between alternate outlets.
>Impedance is 50 to 75 ohms, VSWR less than 1.2 to 1, DC to
>30 MHz. VSWR less than 1.5 to 1 to 150 MHz."

Thanks a bunch, Larry.  Assuming they told it like it is, I should be 
fine.  The switch is set up so I'd need to have the radios on alternate 
outlets anyhow.


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower





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