[Towertalk] ameritron rcs-8v

[k4oj]

sounds like you forgot the ground wire!  5 band positions plus ground = 
6 possibilities.

k4oj



Joe Barnes wrote:

>This past saturday I put an ameritron rcs-8v up on the tower, I am using 5 conductor #18 wire as the control wire. When I tried to use the antennas I found that the switch was not selecting any of the antennas connected to it. Checking the back of the control box I found that all of the terminals had about 15.8 volts on them. When I disconnected the control box from the wire there was voltage only on the terminal selected. I checked the resistance between the wires and found it to be 250 ohms. When I first hooked up the switch the tower was not grounded ( just put the tower up the day before) . Does anyone w\know if this switch gets ground via the tower? and does anyone have an idea of what is wrong with my brand new ameritron switch? 
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>Thank you , Joe N4JBK
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