Luc,
The relay is available from Newark electronics, but since they seem to be the only supplier, they price it up there just under an ounce of gold. I recently bought 3 to rebuild my antennas and one for a friend of mine. The first one was $30. After I bought the first one, they raised the price to $45 for the next 2.
Just checked, it's still available, $52.93 for one, plus and applicable tax and shipping. It's the exact replacement. Unsolder the old one, drop in the new one, and solder the pins. While you are at it, probably a good idea to recoat the board with fiberglass resin before you replace the relay. It's pricy, but it's a lot simpler and faster than trying to jerry-rig something with else.
http://www.newark.com/67F5643/switches-relays/product.us0?sku=guardian-elect... Newark Part Number 67F5643 Mfgr Part No: 1365PC-2C-12D 12 volt relay Hmmm... Their catalog page, 1509, shows $46.28.
John N7JK
Message: 16 Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:52:26 -0400 From: Luc Leblanc [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 k3SZH To: [email protected] Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On a different subject i have the same VHF antenna here "KLM 2M-14C" and the polarisation relay became open did you ever have to replace it on your antenna? Seems to be not an easy task!. And finding a suitable relay even more difficult.
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