[SCCC] VHF Antenna Switch

[Tree]

Switches or relays?

The old school Dow Key switches are pretty good although I can't verify
that they will handle that much power on 2 meters.

Tree

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 5:40 PM Dennis Younker NE6I <NE6I at cox.net> wrote:

> A gentleman north of us here in California is experiencing failed antenna
> switches when running 1.5 kW with 50% duty cycle on 2 meters, albeit 60
> seconds at a time (IE Q65 mode). Calls to the regular ham radio shops say
> the best switch is an Alpha Delta but he experiences failures on their
> Delta-4 too. The surge protector is not the issue.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there better switches out there? He
> uses N connectors.
>
>
>
> --Dennis NE6I
>
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