[Antennas] 6 or 8 Position Coaxial Switch

[Lefczik, Larry D]

I would think that the switch grounds the antenna side not the rig side
unless there is a special "GND" position.

>-One concern (it was one of mine) when using coax switched is 
>-the use of
>-antenna mounted amps, pre-amps, or transverters IF they're 
>-powered via the
>-coax.  My Yaesu FT-847 provides 12V on the coax for mast 
>-mounted pre-amps
>-and transverters.  You do need to be careful not to 'ground' the rig's
>-antenna output - it fries the 12V antenna power circuit.  I would have
>-designed this a bit different - i.e.; a resistive load in 
>-series, inside the
>-radio, to keep some load on the output transistor.
>-
>-