[TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 Antenna Switch

[Bill G. K3SV]

I've been having big-time noise on three antennas, couldn't figure it 
out. Thought it was power line noise, but after a sweep of the 
neighborhood I couldn't find any definitive source. Just showed up all 
of the sudden, and it would come and go with no real pattern.  After 
putting up with it for several weeks I noticed one evening that the 
noise would go away when I turned off the RCS-4. Took a look at the TT 
archives and found the answer. Just as Tom (W8JI) reported, "it's most 
often water in the fittings" etc. Waited until it was 26 degrees out to 
read the archives, dumb. Went out and after a couple of hours of 
"elimination", I found the problem....yep, water in the fitting of one 
of the jumpers near the tower. Replaced the entire jumper and all is 
back to "quiet". TT is a great source of info, I was a "mouse click" 
away from ordering another relay box.      73 Bill K3SV