[CQ-Contest] Top Ten Switching Layout Ideas?

[Jeff Blaine]

The KK1L switch is available as a PCB so if you are handy cooking your 
own enclosure and doing the minimal assembly required it's an excellent 
and very economical 2x6 switch solution.  Works FB on RTTY as well - 
it's been my core station switch for the last 10 years here and that's 
is a LOT of RTTY contesting.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

On 12/26/2017 9:54 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I bought a Top Ten 1x6 to bring to WP2AA and it worked very well with their
> band decoder. I will probably bring it to PJ4 in a few months. Be aware if
> you run RTTY, this box has a 1000 watt limit. N3RD offers fantastic
> technical support and I am sure that he will assist you in setting this up.
>
> However, for SO2R it seems to me that using one of the many 2X6 relay boxes
> is so much simpler than using three different relay boxes.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To:	<cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject:	[CQ-Contest] Top Ten Switching Layout Ideas?
> From:	"Mike Wetzel" <mjwetzel at comcast.net>
> Reply-to:	mjwetzel at comcast.net
> Date:	Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:45:32 -0500
>
> I am reconfiguring my SO2R antenna switching using the Top Ten 1 x 6
> switches (2) and 1 x 2 switches (6) in the classic configuration.  By any
> chance does anyone have any ideas as far as a different physical layout that
> might minimize the number of coax jumpers required (12)?  I don't physically
> have the 1 x 6's in hand yet so it's a little hard to see what might go
> together with barrels and/or right angle connectors, etc.  I am aware of the
> layout not utilizing the 1 x 6 switches but I am not going that way.
>
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> Thanks and Merry Christmas,
>
>   
>
> Mike W9RE
>
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