[TowerTalk] Remote coax switch with no wires?

[Gary Smith]

Mike,

I stand corrected, the unit you brought up 
below is indeed wireless. The person I 
talked with last night at DXE said their 
only wireless unit was 4 position.

Looking at the cost, I'd probably be 
better with the GH in that it has 8 
connections. The power rating is the same, 
I have to see what it can tolerate 
SWR-wise, the one you mentioned has its 
stats at SWR 1.7:1. As my HF antennas are 
all wires in trees & I have none with 
pulleys, the swr does change at times when 
the wind is blowing. When I'm QRP, there's 
no issue, when using my old tube amp, it 
has no issue with changing SWR and neither 
does my old Ameritron switch. I do want a 
switch as rugged as the Ameritron (which 
amazingly was easily salvageable after 
being under salt water in Hurricane 
Sandy).
 
Thanks for the pointer.

73,

Gary
KA1J

>  Hi Gary,
>     Earlier this year I bought the Hamplus AS-61WL, sold through
> DXE.     My run from the shack to the top of the tower is LMR400 and
> close to 350' out and up.    As a basic 6 position switch with band
> data control it works well for me, so far no issues.        The
> other positive for me was the switch housing is powder coated metal,
> not a POLY or plastic.    My old RCS-4 and two other brands have
> used needed fiber-glassed repairs     in the plastics from hail
> damage.  We get several Texas hail storms per season.     YMMV 
> 73's  Mike K9MK/5     
>     On Thursday, July 18, 2019, 02:04:38 AM UTC, Gary Smith
>     <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:  
> 
>  Rodents again found my control wire for my 
> Ameritron RCS-8V coax switch. I was 
> thinking this is the time to get a remote 
> switch that can send the signal through 
> the hardline and not worry about chipmunks 
> or whatever. 
> 
> I have a 375' distance between the shack 
> and the remote switch and need at least 5 
> positions, more would be used. Ameritron 
> sells one that does what I want except it 
> has 4 positions. DXE has nothing except 
> that one Ameritron, all the rest need 
> control wires.
> 
> Anyone know of a coax switch that does 
> what I am looking for?
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
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