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Old 12-27-2007, 11:20 AM
Larry Acklin Larry Acklin is offline
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I'm starting to hate Diseqc switches. PIN diodes do not take any overvoltages well, and static even less. I've popped one port on 2 seperate switches just by forgetting to remove power, and unhooking coax. My impression is there is also lots of leakage. I had the same situation- and could get usable quality numbers even with no coax on the port I selected. The stupid switch leaked so much signal that I was very confused.

I have another that only cleanly switches between ports 2 and 4

I'd love to find a brand or model that isn't so touchy. (without having to spend $100 in Canada)

Even reed relays are better than this technology.

Larry
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