Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob

Robert11 wrote:
Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob


Use a Cable TV A/B switch. It'll work fine. Scanners are way too
sensitive and the slight mismatch will help cure that a little.

If you care about quality, I would get the Daiwa CS-201, for about $28.
Look at this link for user comments:

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2521

You could also consider Alpha Delta, but they are quite expensive:

http://www.alphadeltacom.com/pg3.htm

For your purpose, I would choose the Daiwa for sure.

good luck !!

Jim

The Daiwa is a very nice unit - I have several. Well built and they work
well.

"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:49:50 -0500, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:

The Daiwa is a very nice unit - I have several. Well built and they work
well.

"Robert11" wrote in message
news
Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob


The Daiwa is good and guess what - for what you are doing the $8 will
be suitable also. If you alread have the antennas up and are feeding
with 50 ohm coax that has PL-259 fittings it will be easier to use the
Daiwa as you won't need to get 'F' to 'PL-259' adapters. If you are
just now installing the whole system I'd go with 75 ohm RG-6 quad
shield and 'F' fittings all the way and then use an 'F' to BNC or SMA
whichever your scanner uses.

On Mar 1, 5:17*am, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob

Robert 11 - You may wish to Read these Messages :

The "Alpha Delta" - Delta 2 and Delta 4 Antenna Switches
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...acf7e10fb5e0f7
The 'design' {lay-out} of the Alpha-Delta Antenna Switch :
Having all the SO-239 Jacks on the same {Rear} Side
works better; when the Switch is laid on a Deck-Top
{Table Bench Top} with the rest of the Radio Gear;
and this Desk-Top position makes changing the Switch
very easy.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/switch/2415.html
Plus the Alpha Delta Antenna Switches have a built-in
'surge protector' using a D-4 Arc-Plug Cartridge {GDT}.

One Antenna and Two Radios = One Antenna Switch ?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...3d96b7a4b7af4b
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...9cfa37f6fde0bf

Antenna Switches - What's In Your Radio Shack ?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...3e12e98f1a6b8a
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...627b41260e7212

hope this helps ~ RHF

In article
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RHF wrote:

On Mar 1, 5:17*am, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello,

I would like to purchase an "inexpensive" simple, coax antenna switch for
occasionally switching two antennas into my scanner.

Freq. range up to about the scanners limit of 1.3 GHz

Receive only.

Looked at the Daiwa, and for the $ seems like the way to go, but I thought
I'd ask here first.
Any opinions on the Daiwa ?

Any others to consider also that aren't too expensive ?

Ace hardware has a coax switching box, I guess for TV's mainly, with
pushbuttons.
Think this would do the job for my scanner stuff, or probably just junk ?
It's really cheap at about $8

Thanks,
Bob

Robert 11 - You may wish to Read these Messages :

The "Alpha Delta" - Delta 2 and Delta 4 Antenna Switches
http://groups.google.com/group/

SNIP

Still to stupid to reference an article on Usenet and instead spam RRS
will google group references. Good job Troll.

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Ventura, California