[email protected] wrote: > I've used an Ameritron / MFJ ALS-600 for about 5 years and it works well. > Also have the > > Ameritron QSK-5 pin diode switch, a nice combo that gives you full QSK. > However, if > > you need customer service, forget it! > > > > BTW, I noticed in the latest QST that Array Solutions has a QSK box that > "looks like" > > a QSK-5 but uses a high speed vacuum relay rather than pin diodes. If the > relay is > > quiet I think it should be more robust than the diodes. > > > > Doug > > W6JD...K3 #23, K2 #1626 > > I don't know what vac relay that Array Solutions is using, but I built a QSK switch per Phil Salas AD5X article (http://www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/QSKrevB.pdf). I used a Gigavac relay and the relay noise is many many dB under the fan of my amp, works like a charm too! Bill N2BC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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