FW: [Towertalk] sixpack relay problem

[jljarvis]

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From: olinger@bellsouth.net [mailto:olinger@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:25 PM
To: jljarvis
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] sixpack relay problem


I can't post to the list from here.

>From how it sounds, the trouble might be in a resistive common or ground path. Should take an
ohmmeter from the "ground" side of the relay winding to the chassis and then to the ground side of
the control box.

Guy. K2AV.

>
> From: "jljarvis" <jljarvis@adelphia.net>
> Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 12:59:56 EDT
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [Towertalk] sixpack relay problem
>
>
> Privately, I observed that the most likely problem was
> IR drop, or a bad relay. Let me repeat it publicly:
>
> Even though the 'run' is only 3 feet, there is EITHER an
> IR drop somewhere in the circuit, or a bad relay.  For all
> you know, the drop is IN the relay.
>
> Replace the relay.
>
> This isn't a design problem.  Too many sixpacks, too many
> relays running reliably out there, for too many years.
>
> Jim Jarvis, N2EA
>
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