Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Antenna Switch repair

Here we have a rather nasty coaxial antenna switch.  It seems to operate alright when the contacts actually make contact.  This switch gave us trouble on Field Day, and I'd like to keep it in the arsenal. 
This is something we can fix.

Taking the back off the switch the internals are clearly visible.  The nuts are soldered on, so a little de-soldering is needed to get them apart.


The concept is to re-enforce the contacts with some helper-springs behind it.  I made the helper springs out of some stainless steel.  It has a good spring quality to it and will help hold the contacts down.


The whole thing was then re-assembled with the springs pushing down on the contacts.  The nuts were tightened back up and some solder re-applied to keep them from loosening.

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