[TowerTalk] Relay for sloper element

[Edward Mccann]

Tom-
High current at feedpoint; 
High voltage at the end.
Ed McCann
AG6CX

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> On Nov 23, 2017, at 9:43 AM, Tom Osborne <w7why1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Would it be better to switch something like some 450 ladderline in at the
> feedpoint for linear loading instead of putting the relay at the end of the
> wire where a higher current point is??  Just wondering.  73
> Tom W7WHY
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Dave Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I have the same setup to switch my half sloper between 80 and 160.  I use
>> a Jennings RF3A Vacuum Relay that a friend gave me. I get the 26 VDC for
>> the coil from one of those little Radio Shack 12V 2.5A power supplies.
>> They have 26 VDC inside, ahead of the regulator, so I just brought it out
>> on a pair of wires.
>> 
>> 
>> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>> Yuma, AZ
>> 
>> 
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