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Subject: [TowerTalk] Remote switching design choice
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 12:28:17 -0500
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Can someone explain to me why some remote antenna switch manufacturers use a scheme that supplies 12V to the relay box and switch the ground side of the relays to select antennas, while others supply a common connection and switch the 12V to the desired relay? I can't see an advantage one way or the other, and it does have the effect of creating incompatibility among makers' hardware.

73, Pete N4ZR
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