Topband: Transmit antenna de-tuning relay.

S57AD mirko.s57ad at gmail.com
Sat Mar 23 05:00:09 EDT 2019


Yes, shorting the cage to ground across a capacitor, I think.  Switching
between capacitor to the ground and to the transmit capacitor...

73, Mirko, S57AD

V V sob., 23. mar. 2019 ob 01:58 je oseba Herbert Schoenbohm <
herbert.schoenbohm at gmail.com> napisala:

> A nice Jennings 24V vacuum relay arrived in the mail today but I am not
> sure the best way to detune my cage fed tower on 160. Would shorting the
> cage to ground be the way?
>
> Herb, KV4FZ
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 3:59 PM FZ Bruce <k1fz at twc.com> wrote:
>
> > RF parts was out of the VHC1 12V vacuum relays.. Tried the VHC3- 12V
> > vacuum relay and found it to be an excellent replacement.. When first
> > received tested pulling with a 9 volt battery and it was fast. Very
> > dependable with 12 volts DC.
> > 73Bruce
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