I, too, have thought of the bracket idea for adding an RF gain pot. At
one time I rewired the mic gain pot for this but I took the mod out,
because I didn't want a non-standard Scout.
Why use an external pot at all? Just epoxy a shaft extension on to the
existing pot and put a miniature knob on the bottom where the shaft
extension comes through the hole.
A pot could be placed on the back without drilling, but this would
require giving up the FWD/REF switch or one of the key jacks.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
Stuart Rohre wrote:
The only problem is how you attach the external pot.
I thought a good solution would be to add a bracket for it under the bail/
foot at the front, and bring the pot out to front panel area that way.
However, I do not operate at various powers enough to have prompted me to
add it that way. I was going to use flat cable out the back for the wires.
One issue was should they be shielded? Probably a quick mock up would show
if there is RF leakage with longer wires.
73,
Stuart
K5KVH
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