[TowerTalk] antenna relays

Felipe Ceglia felipeceglia2 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 22 17:35:19 PDT 2011


Hello Riel,

For 50 ohms switching I usually use Omron G2R relays.

73,

Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB
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2011/7/22 Rik van Riel <riel at surriel.com>:
> I am looking at building a few shortened-with-capacity-hat
> vertical dipole arrays for the coming winter, and am wondering
> what kind of relays to use for antenna switching.
>
> I am looking at DPDT relays, so I can short the coax stubs
> when not in use (passive reflector 3-element arrays), but
> really have no idea what else I need to look for in an
> antenna relay.
>
> What relays do you use for antenna switching?
>
> I am using 100W power btw and have no plans for an amp yet,
> but I guess having some extra power capacity may be good
> for other reasons (lightning induced current?).
>
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