That model is the first ham radio I ever repaired for anyone other than myself.
A high-school buddy wanted to install an antenna-transfer relay inside his Ranger. Didn't want to have to use an external Dow-Key relay the way Johnson intended.
His first step was to install a SO-239 in the rear panel for the receiver-antenna jumper output.
He took a half-inch drill bit to the rear apron of the chassis. When the bit penetrated, it caught the edge of the hole and pulled itself into the transmitter.
Right into the rear section of the band switch.
Gary was quite annoyed. I volunteered to fix it. I had found that if all the broken ceramic pieces were present, they would fit back together just fine. A bit of high-strength epoxy and some heat to thin it's viscosity would make the ceramic wafer good as new. Fortunately the drill bit had missed the contact points and they were all still good.
Worked just like it should once the damaged switch section got reinstalled.
Boy, was that a long time ago.
73
A high-school buddy wanted to install an antenna-transfer relay inside his Ranger. Didn't want to have to use an external Dow-Key relay the way Johnson intended.
His first step was to install a SO-239 in the rear panel for the receiver-antenna jumper output.
He took a half-inch drill bit to the rear apron of the chassis. When the bit penetrated, it caught the edge of the hole and pulled itself into the transmitter.
Right into the rear section of the band switch.
Gary was quite annoyed. I volunteered to fix it. I had found that if all the broken ceramic pieces were present, they would fit back together just fine. A bit of high-strength epoxy and some heat to thin it's viscosity would make the ceramic wafer good as new. Fortunately the drill bit had missed the contact points and they were all still good.
Worked just like it should once the damaged switch section got reinstalled.
Boy, was that a long time ago.
73
