[TowerTalk] 6 x 2 unit...

[Jim Brown]

All good advice, and that's what I did for several years.  My antennas 
are NOT all in the same place, so I don't do REMOTE switching, but I DO 
use a relay box under the operating table to switch all the coax coming 
into the radios. Once you get into serious SO2R operation, you really 
want automatic antenna switching controlled by Band Decoders connected 
to your radio(s). And, as also noted, these 6x2 switches only matter if 
you have enough monoband antennas (or a triplexer) to make use of them. 
I did not until about 3 years ago. :)

I see that Doug has separate 5B4AGN bandpass filters, but probably not 
the 6-band filter box (which includes a very nice band decoder and relay 
drivers).  So he will need either band decoders or a home-made switch 
box to control the relays.

My recommendation for a 6X2 switch is the 4O3A unit. FAR better than the 
Array Solutions 6x2. I do NOT recommend the Microham unit or the Top Ten 
units.

73, Jim K9YC

On Mon,4/18/2016 3:47 AM, Earl Morse wrote:
> For simple as possible, skip the remote switches.  Run all the coaxes into the shack.  Have a 4 to 6 way coax switch on each radio.  Use 2 way switches to switch the more popular antennas between either radio.  It is manual operation but you probably have everything laying around the shack to put it together now.