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DC-Over-Coax Three-Way Antenna Switch

ne of the things I enjoy in ham radio is experimenting with homebrew antenna designs. I currently have an off-center-fed dipole (OCF) and a vertical antenna, and I wanted to easily swap between those two and a third experimental antenna. My shack is located on the opposite side of my house from the antennas, with about 125 feet of coax running through my attic just to get

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