[TowerTalk] Location of remote antenna switch

[Tower (K8RI)]

Craig Sande wrote:

>I would like to feed several antennas on a crank-up tower.  Where is the best location for a remote antenna switch, at the base or top of the tower?
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Mine is located about 12 feet below the top of the tower.  It is located 
where the minimum lengths of coax are required to reach the feed points 
on my 80 meter, center fed, half wave slopers.   The tri-bander, 6-meter 
yagi as well as the 144 and 440 arrays are all on their own feed lines.

It's nearly a 90 foot climb, but I probably do that on an average of 
once a week even at my age.

I go up on top (100 feet) just to shoot photos of the sunsets.


Roger Halstead (K8RI ARRL Life Member)
Worlds Oldest Debonair (N833R S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com