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Re: [TenTec] Wanted Heath HD-1481 Antenna Switch

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wanted Heath HD-1481 Antenna Switch
From: Dave Heil <k8mn@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:35:36 +0000
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JAMES HANLON wrote:
> 
> Y'all,
> 
> I'm trying to get the St. Xavier High School Radio Club in Cincinnati a way
> of getting a few more HF antennas up without having to pull any more wires
> through their already overstuffed conduit.  They have a tri-band beam fed
> with coax and several coax fed VHF and UHF antennas up already with coax for
> these antennas and two fully utilized rotor cables all going through the
> conduit.  If I could find them a Heathkit HD-1481 Antenna Switch it would
> allow them to switch the tri-band beam feed line to several other HF
> antennas, and it would send the control signals for the switch up the same
> feed line so they wouldn't have to install yet another control cable.
> 
> 1 - Does anyone on the reflector have a lead as to where I could find an
> HD-1481?
> 
> 2 - Does anyone on the reflector have any other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks much!
> 
> Jim Hanlon, W8KGI

Jim,

The Ameritron RCS-4 handles the legal limit, feeds power through the
coaxial cable and provides control of four antennas, all for about $125.
I've used them for years and, except for a lightning strike, they've
lasted and lasted.

Dave Heil K8MN
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