w8ji wrote:
"As a general rule that is a problem. I would never switch
the shields in my station. It is begging for problems! The
shields should be solidly grounded to a common groundplane.
Only the centers switched."
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Tom....how do you decouple the various antennas, if the shields
are still connected? I know you decouple at the antenna itself,
but there's a fair amount of inter-antenna coupling due to feedline
proximity to themselves and other antennas.
Having posed the question, my answer has been to use ferrite chokes
on all coaxes going into a switch, either in the form of clip-ons, or
'line isolators'.
Your thoughts?
n2ea
jimjarvis@ieee.org
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