[TowerTalk] Re: [Amps] Relays for RF switching

[Tom Rauch]

>Any thoughts about what things cause the differences you
observe?

Sure. When relays are designed manufacturers and engineers
don't think about HF signals. Even if they did know the end
use, most don't understand what to watch for.

>Tom, how does one read the catalog specifications and
somehow decided "that
one will work"?

You can't. All I can do is sample the ones that look likely
to work.

The problem I have with telling everyone (several people
have asked) the pecking order of the top 10 or 20 relays is
I went through this before with PIN diodes. Two Hams from
Ohio pumped me for hours getting information saying it was a
homebrew project, and then released a product that took
money out of my pocket. Later on one of them had the nerve
to try and sell back that system to me!

I'm a little less helpful now, for good reason.

73 Tom