Topband: 2 Parallel Beverages

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Thanks Mike....This is important information as one of my expensive 
DX-Engineering control boxes was made totally
inoperable by ant  defecation.   I wanted to try and repair the relay 
box but DX-E said their schematic was proprietary and they would not let 
me see it.  So I had no choice but to bridge the connection by 
elimination of the relay, the choke and blocking caps, diodes and run 
small wires directly from the new F connectors (they had been eaten away 
as well) to the toroids. Now these boxes are expensive enough and I know 
everything they put their label on is secret but would it not be nice if 
they printed that power off suggestion in their operation manual?

Thanks, I hope those with these boxes read your suggestion.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ





On 5/23/2012 3:12 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> Herb,
>
> Very common problem, with a simple solution. Ants are attracted to the
> magnetic field around energized wires. Turn off the power to your Beverages
> whenever you're not using them, and I'll bet the ants disappear.
>
> There ought to be one direction where no power is applied to the coax, and
> the relay is not energized. In my case, it's northeast, and that's where I
> park my Beverage direction control switch when I'm not using them.
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Herb Schoenbohm<herbs at vitelcom.net>wrote:
>
>> With DC running into a remote box I always find zillions of ants with
>> their unusual defection all inside
>> sealed boxes.
>>
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