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@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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