Joe, the RCS-8V gets its ground, normally, by the coaxial cable shield on
the main feedline between the shack (station) and the RCS-8V relay switch
box. You can add your own supplemental ground if you wish, but if you don't
have a grounded coaxial cable running from station to switch box, the box is
floating and the relays won't operate.
WB2WIK/6
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Barnes [SMTP:n4jbk@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 7:46 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [Towertalk] ameritron rcs-8v
>
> This past saturday I put an ameritron rcs-8v up on the tower, I am using 5
> conductor #18 wire as the control wire. When I tried to use the antennas I
> found that the switch was not selecting any of the antennas connected to
> it. Checking the back of the control box I found that all of the terminals
> had about 15.8 volts on them. When I disconnected the control box from the
> wire there was voltage only on the terminal selected. I checked the
> resistance between the wires and found it to be 250 ohms. When I first
> hooked up the switch the tower was not grounded ( just put the tower up
> the day before) . Does anyone w\know if this switch gets ground via the
> tower? and does anyone have an idea of what is wrong with my brand new
> ameritron switch?
>
> Thank you , Joe N4JBK
>
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