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Subject: C4SXL with Remote Coax Switch
Author: Brian Smithson <bsmithson@alventive.com>
Date: 22-Jul-2000 23:56:21
No direct experience, but I've heard there is a problem using the RCS4
with surge suppressors that are DC-blocked.

-Brian N8WRL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Thorne [mailto:rthorne@tcac.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:49 PM
> To: force12talk@qth.com
> Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] C4SXL with Remote Coax Switch
>
>
> Tom:
>
> I have had the RCS4 and RCS8 and both are good switches. If you only
> have a need for a 4 way switch go with the RCS4, that will cut down
> on the control line too.
>
> Tom Chambers wrote:
>
> > I have just ordered a C4SXL and will be placing it atop a 48 foot
> Heights Aluminum Tower. I am also thinking of placing a WARC 2/2
> beam 6 or 8 feet above it
> > (90 degrees out of phase). In an effort to reduce my coax
> requirements, I want to use an Ameritron RC-8V remote coax switch
> mounted near the top of the tower. Has anyone had any experience
> with these switches? Do they degrade your signal much? How
> "weather-worthy" are they?
> >
> > Any information anyone has would be greatly appreciated. This is
> my first tower, so all this is VERY new to me!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Tom Chambers
> > St. Petersburg, FL.
> > KT4WW
> >
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> 73,
> Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M)
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23-Jul-2000 Eisnger
* 22-Jul-2000 Brian Smithson
08-Jul-2000 Ken Hirschberg
07-Jul-2000 Richard Thorne
07-Jul-2000 Tom Chambers
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