How hard is it to put a small standby/operate switch in a plastic mini-box
in line with the PPT relay cable? No holes required ,better resale
value,preserve the "Beauty" of the old beast...Jim..K7RDX...
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From: <k1sg@aol.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] SB-200/ SB-220, HL-1000 etc
>A very easy solution for a standby switch for the SB-220/221 series...
> The front panel is held on with 4 screws. I drilled out the hole for the
> screw on the lower left corner, installed a mini-toggle switch there.
> Since
> I had previously added a small relay, so T/R was only switching 12 volts,
> this became a trivial fix for the lack of a standby/operate switch.
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Gilbert
> K1SG
> K1SG@AOL.com
> 508-435-9133
> FN42fe
>
>
> In a message dated 11/30/2009 7:38:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> amps-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:18:19 -0500
> From: Jeff Carter <amps@hidden-valley.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] SB-200/ SB-220, HL-1000 etc
> To: amps@contesting.com
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> Where were you when I needed you?
>
> That would have been a fantastic addition to my SB-220 rebuild. I
> originally intended to use an original switch but couldn't find a good
> one
> and bought a generic one. It would have been just as simple to do what
> you
> did while I had it all apart.
>
> Great idea!
>
> Jeff/KD4RBG
> http://www.kd4rbg.com
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> To add standby to an SB-200 I replaced the output meter power control
>> pot to one with a push pull on off switch. On my SB-220 I added a new
>> metering switch with an extra position and used the second wafer to
>> open the keying lead. Always bothered me to turn these things on and
>> off when using the exciter to adjust the antenna matcher. Didn't want to
>> cut the cabinet.
>
>
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