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[TenTec] OT: RCS-4 Remote Antenna Switch

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Subject: [TenTec] OT: RCS-4 Remote Antenna Switch
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:21:08 -0800
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I have installed an Ameritron RCS-4 remote coax switch fed by 28m of coax.

It is not functioning properly.

 

It seemed to work OK during the day when the temperature was about +2
degrees, but tonight when it is -3 degrees, it is not switching.

When I shut down the power, it turns all antennas off.

When I switch on the power, it selects antenna #2 with the switch in
position 1 or 2, and no antenna with the switch in position 3 or 4.

 

So my question is, has anyone used this box and did you have any temperature
problems?

There are no logic chips inside the remote box - only diodes, relays, Elkos
and C's.

 

Any ideas?

 

(Otherwise I'll have to use a manual switch and I'm going to be running back
and forth between the shack and the switch more than I'm operating!)

 

73

Rick

 

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