[TowerTalk] remote antenna switch

Dick Flanagan dick@libelle.com
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:35:24 -0700


At 8:17 PM -0700 on 8/1/98, you wrote:

>Hi Dick!
>One thing your forgot to mention is the RCS-4 is much more lossey than the
>RCS-8.
>You can actually use the RCS-8 above 10 mtrs without much loss but lots of
>luck using the RCS-4 in that area.

Thanks, Mike.  I wasn't aware of that.

Also, the RCS-4 sends DC up the center conductor of the common coax, which
makes lightning protection more difficult.  The RCS-8 uses a separate
control cable which isn't as convenient, but is easier protected.

73, Dick

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Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno)
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