Eric:
My comments embedded within your e-mail, below.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
From: Eric Rosenberg <w3dq@arrl.net>
Date: 2007/12/06 Thu PM 02:11:51 CST
To: towertalk@contesting.com, PVRC Reflector <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [PVRC] Mounting a Remote Antenna Switch?
I have an Ameritron RCS-8V I'd like to mount, along with lightning arrestors,
inside a weatherproof box that will go on the exterior wall of my house (I
don't have a tower, but do have a number of wire antennas).
My questions:
1. Can I mount the RCS-8V with the relays facing out and not down, as one
would if it was mounted on a tower or mast?
[AD3F] Yes, I did that with my own COMTEK RCB-5 switch inside a Hoffman
enclosure at the base of my tower in 2001 and I can still select whichever
antenna I need. No misoperation of the relays.
2. Can I use CAT5 cable for the control line? It is 4 pairs of small gauge
cable, and the switch wants 5 conductors.
[AD3F] Again yes. I use Cat 5 wire for my switch box which is fifty feet from
my shack. If you had a much longer run (say, several hundred feet) Cat 5 might
drop too much voltage to pull in the relays, depending on the source DC voltage
inside your shack.
Thanks,
Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC
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