[TowerTalk] Need Relay Replacement Help

[Wyllma Wall]

Hi Dennis,
Try MGS4U.com      Allen has fair prices and great relays.
                                                                    Bill Wall
KC4UZ
                                                                  Antenna
Mart Quads


Joe L Blackwell wrote:

> Hi Dennis,
> This sounds like the parasitic array I ran on 40m for years.  It was in
> the 1977 Antenna Book.  Nice arrangement.  I used fairly heavy relays, 25
> amp contacts, always 1kw output.  Think I still have a couple of those
> relays around someplace.  Double pole, double throw.
> Any relay you can find with contact rating of 20-25 amps would be
> sufficient.  Relays in the Ameritron RCS-8V are rated 4kw pep below 30mHz
> and they are quite small relays.
> 73, Joe aa4nn
>
>  "Dennis Brickey" <n4dd@preferred.com> writes:
> >
> > Hello and thanks for allowing me this  area of spectrum.  I
> > am trying to construct  a 5 sloper array using the ARRL
> > Antenna Handbook.  The slopers are to be switched using
> > a remote switching arrangement.  I was going to use an
> > Ameritron switch but according to the handbook, I need to
> > be able to isolate the shield as well as the center conductor
> > of the coax.  The Ameritron switch does not afford this
> > luxury.  In the handbook, they use Potter Brumfield model
> > number MR 11D.  I cannot find these relays and would like
> > to know if someone out there has a suitable replacement
> > idea.  I want to be able to run my amp so I am sure that I
> > will need something more on the beefy side.  Any
> > educated advice would be greatly appreciated!
> > Thanks,
> > Dennis/N4DD
> >
> >
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> 73, de Joe  aa4nn
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