I eventually put together a switcher using toggle switches. Works great. Now
I just need to make a nice finished case since I know it works well.

That sounds great because it is flexible, i.e., because any and all antennas
can be grounded or even paralleled, and it can be expanded as your antenna farm
grows.

I assume you used DPDT switches.

Bill, K5BY

(WShoots1) wrote in message ...
I eventually put together a switcher using toggle switches. Works great. Now
I just need to make a nice finished case since I know it works well.

That sounds great because it is flexible, i.e., because any and all antennas
can be grounded or even paralleled, and it can be expanded as your antenna farm
grows.

I assume you used DPDT switches.

Bill, K5BY

No, spst. Would the dpdt make things like grounding easier? What did
you have in mind?

I'm about to buy some stuff online, so if I need dpdt in an improved
design I can get them easily enough along with the other stuff (new
iron, neon bulbs, etc.).

Would the dpdt make things like grounding easier?

Well, if you have any coax feed, it would allow for grounding the shield, too.

I need to build me another antenna switch array. When I listen to MW and LW, I
have to manually disconnect my feed's shield, which causes attenuation of the
signals from my SW antenna. So my switch box would have at least one switch to
do that.

I usually use DPDT switches, especially those with center off, so I have
flexibility in my final design.

The switch box I use now is left over for when I had a ham rig run through it,
too. It's mostly wasted now, because it needs changed.

I want use a plastic box for SWL-ing. That way I can isolate the coax connector
shells, except when switched together. The shack's ground is a husky ham
station ground per ARRL handbook, copper strap and all.

Vy 73,
Bill, K5BY