Thank you all for the inputs. I think we now have a good deal of data to
start an in-depth investigation.
73s
krish
w4vku
On 1/18/2014 2:16 PM, Jim Lux wrote:
On 1/18/14 4:07 AM, David Robbins wrote:
Agree, any to any gives lots of relays no matter how you do it. but you
really don't need vacuum relays, most of the common switch boxes
today just
used regular frame relays. If you want to keep cost down by using
off the
shelf parts try looking at the rcs-10 remote switches that do 8 to 1,
I am
using them for my rx antenna switching:
http://wiki.k1ttt.net/2011%20Maintenance%20and%20Upgrade%20Blog.ashx#bevswit
ch and they work well... of course there is no lockout, you would
have to
come up with that in whatever provides the control power. I think
k1xm was
working on something like that, but not sure how far it ever got.
I think it's the port to port isolation requirement that is going to
drive the design.. Regular old power relays, if chosen wisely, will
probably work just fine, but you might need to come up with switch
architectures that cascade two or short unused ports, etc. to get
enough isolation.
I doubt a single relay will get you 60 dB of isolation for instance.
There's a fair number of posts to TT over the years with suggested
part numbers for the relays, and for such a big project, I'd go out
and get a few and rig up some test fitures before committing
(although, if you got a good deal on surplus and they cost $1/each in
that quantity...)
Another aspect to consider is failure modes: if one of those dozens of
relays sticks or fails to change positions you don't want to be
blowing up radios with the output of the linear. This is one of the
advantages of the various schemes where you have two SPDT relays in
the path: if one fails, you've still got the other one to prevent
disaster.
I've found that it's the driving circuitry that is often the more
complex aspect. Although.. these days, there are people selling nifty
computer controlled relay drivers AND decent software that can be
configured appropriately, so you probably don't have to spend hours
figuring out diode matrices.
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