The Ameritron switch uses your transmission line to supply power through
a bias-T. Two polarities of DC plus AC and no voltage yield a 4 position
switch. It's delightfully simple: mine is an ancient Heathkit HD1481,
which works the same way the Ameritron switch does. I've never measured
the isolation on mine, but the two look almost identical. Mine has been
through a fair bit of abuse and has soldiered on admirably. Yes, I did
burn up some traces on the remote PCB (fed a non-resonant antenna at 1+
kW through a tuner), but some jumpers across the burned up traces and
it's been good ever since. Should mine ever suffer a catastrophic,
non-repairable failure it'll get replaced with an Ameritron RCS-4.
Kim N5OP
On 10/23/2019 2:13 PM, Wes wrote:
Anyone have any experience with one of these?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MS-S4A-WEB-controlled-REMOTE-ANTENNA-SWITCH-4-POSITIONS-2-KW-PEP-Ready-for-use/202778787695?hash=item2f368ebf6f:g:ec4AAOSwmxVceS5L
Not too interested in web interface, manual is fine.
Wes?? N7WS
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