it's the replacement RF link coupling coil to replace the one that hammy hambone removed; made by ef johnson, which he thought he could do better at. The green wire coil and the supports / spacers were hand made by me. I am soldering the last few internal connections now (12 noon Thursday 27) and I'll post other pix soon. the case is not going back on quite yet
depending on what I find at the hamfest will decide whether it gets black crackled or not.
oops, sorry Ellen, I didn't address ur ? the 160 add on will be 2 banks of fixed value caps switched from 2 extra holes hambone drilled in the front next to the regular bandswitch. So you'll switch to 80, then switch in C as needed, one for each cap, and balanced between I also am going to add a input coupling cap to the green coil instead of just grounding the far end. A bit more range that way.
right now just doing what I need to do to get on tonight. There's no satisfaction in endlessly working on gear and not being able to get on the air. It's just frustrating.
Thanks for the info. Tim,
As for the frustration due to working on gear all the time and not operating - I know the feeling first hand. When condx. were lousy, and the Scout just wasn't cutting it due to the QRN and QRM, I was effectively off the air on AM. The Viker was still down. I was either waiting for parts, it was too late (and/or I was burned out) to work on it, or there was the baffling problem of plate current for the finals being up in the stratosphere (which turned out to be the the non-standard clamper pot, requiring more turns of adjustment, than the expected 1-turn maximum]). Hang in there, you're finally finishing things up.
73 & hoping to ehar you tonight,
Ellen - AF9J
