Remote
AnTenna Switch - RATPak
Need a simple remote antenna switch to go out on the tower or be placed into
a matrix of your antenna system? This may be the answer you're looking
for. High power, using the proven reliable relays that we have been using for
years. Very ruggedly built. It handles up to 6 antennas, too!
The Array Solutions RATPAK System - Remote Antenna Switch
- Six antennas to one feed line
- All Aluminum WX proof and R.F. proof construction, no plastic!
- Micro-Strip PCB architecture
- Heavy-duty open frame R.F. relays
- Supplied with a galvanized U-bolt to mount to the tower leg
- Lightning protection built into the relay box to protect
control lines
- Control box is easy to see, and you can write on it or use
labels
- Controllable with all automatic band decoders on the market
- Flat SWR from DC to 6 meters
- 5 kW CCS and 7.5 kW ICAS rating 3:1 SWR
- Can be modified for 12V source or sink operation
- Unused antennas are grounded, but a trace can be cut to open
them if desired
Relay board and controller board showing
terminal strips, and MOVs
How reliable is the RatPak?
| The Rat
Pack is Yukon Gold The 6 antenna remote relay
box which you set up for Yukon winters has worked
faultlessly. The thin insulation was all that was needed to make it
function at 110 feet up in the winds blowing at colder than -50 F at its
worst. There has yet to be any failure any part of the WX0B Array
Solutions
system since its installation and that was ?? years ago... You would have
to
check the records as I do not remember when it was. The box did NOT
require
any heat.
Jay Allen VY1JA
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The 6 antenna remote relay box which you set up for Yukon winters has worked
faultlessly. The thin insulation was all that was needed to make it
function at 110 feet up in the winds blowing at colder than -50 F at its
worst. There has yet to be any failure any part of the WX0B Array Solutions
system since its installation and that was ?? years ago... You would have to
check the records as I do not remember when it was. The box did NOT require
any heat.
Need More Ports for more
antennas?
We now build the RatPak antena switch for 8,9,10 and 12 Antennas
RF connectors per your specification. It uses the custom controller
shown or the Universal Push Button Controller.
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1.8 to 54 Mhz
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MOV protected
-
12 V DC operation
User's Guide
Price List
Need High Power?
10-20 kW RATPak Remote Antenna
Switch
Custom built high power RatPak, enclosed in a weather proof die
cast enclosure.
RF connectors per your specification. It uses the same
controller as the standard RATPak above.
-
1.8 to 54 Mhz
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MOV protected
-
12 V DC operation
High Power RF Relays from Array Solutions
These relays are great for building your own QRO equipment
- 2" H X 1" W X 2" D (50mm X 25mm X 50mm)
- Contact gaps are 10 kV + tested @ STPH - approximately 20 mm air gap
- Hi-pot tested to all contacts and ground 10 kV
- DPDT
- 12V DC operation 100 0hm coil - 120 mA
- 1.8 -30 Mhz 10 kW per contact de-rated at 50 Mhz to 7 kW per contact
- High percentage Pure Silver (85%+ typical) and Cadmium Oxide with a gold
flash deposit
- Wide blades and contacts
- $45 each, quantity discounts available.
RATPak Replacement Relays
Open frame DPDT RF relay with cross bar between armature blades
$16.00 each, quantity discounts available
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