Hi Wolfgang,
Regarding the 148-0063-00, I don't know what type of relay you're thinking of using but that relay is designed to operate such that when the polarity is one way, one set of contacts are closed and when the polarity is reversed, the other set of contacts are closed. I replicated that action with two relays but if you know of a dual-polarity relay like that, I'd definitely be interested.
Thanks,
Barry - N4BUQ
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After seeing some interest, I decided to populate at least 1 panel with all SMT
components. This might also be the way selling them to you. This enables me to
paste and reflow solder a whole panel which makes soldering of the SOT363
rectifier component a lot easier than soldering a single tiny PCB by hand.
As said in my initial post, I'm still waiting for the relays to arrive. Then I'd
also like to do some measurements to see how good the solution performs in
comparison to the original relay. Therefore, I think it takes at least another
2-3 weeks until I can give you some feedback.
At work I have an 8GHz VNA (which is hopefully not blocked by someone else),
this might be helpful when exploring HF-properties of the whole contraption.
Regarding the 148-0063-00 relay. I had to google the pinout of this thing, but I
think this should also be doable with a little solder bridge between adjacent
pins.
Best Regards,
Wolfgang
