[AMPS] hot switching on break

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

All rigs I have ever seen never release the amp relay until RF has ceased.
Many use the same relay to key the amp and switch from TX to RX.

Mike, W1NR

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From: owner-amps@contesting.com [mailto:owner-amps@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:35 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: [AMPS] hot switching on break



>From what I have seen, the vacuum-relay QSK systems out there seem to spend
most of their attention on speeding up the relays so that they will be
fully closed before the RF arrives.  Yet it seems to me that equal harm
could be done on break, if RF is still present for any reason.  Am I
missing something?

73, Pete N4ZR
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