[Towertalk] Amertitron RCS8V Remote antenna switch

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> RCS8V not grounded....

Many of us view this as a feature because without modification the RCS8V is readily used in phasing circuits for two yagi stacked arrays, and in low band setups like the K8UR / K3LR vertical dipole arrays which require open rather than shorted lines.

See the classic NCJ articals by N4SA (vol 8, issue 5, page 7) and K8CC (vol 16, issue 1, page 17) for examples or U/L/B and other cool phasing circuits. For those without NCJ access, there is a JIF of the "classic" Upper/Lower/Both circuit on VE3GK's web page: 

http://www.ve3gk.com/mike.htm

For two-stacks the U/L/B switching method using an RCS8V plus some coax is easy, cheap and pretty much bullet proof. 

Mark
KI7WX