[CQ-Contest] Autek RF Analyst tip...

[Ronald D Rossi]

Folks,

I came up with a very simple solution to one of the FEW things I find anoying 
about the RF Analyst. You know how the on/off switch is SO easy to turn on 
accidentally? If you own one you do. Anyway I got tired of the thing turning 
on in the pocket of my jacket.

My solution was to take a small (1/2 inch or so) piece of dense weather strip 
and put it right over the button (really more like a post). I am talking about 
the closed cell foam with one sticky side, not the really spongy open cell 
stuff. I first drilled a small hole to accomodate the post. The hole should be 
just the right size to work best. I just twisted the drill bit in my fingers, 
and did it before I removed the paper from the sticky side. Don't be silly and 
chuck a bit up for this!! Also don't make the piece any shorter than 1/2", as 
the switch is actuated by side-to-side motion easily.

I had been trying to think up some sort of cover that I could flip up and out 
of the way to turn the unit on. This is much simpler and very effective. I 
just had to tell someone (somemany)!

-- 
73 de KK1L ex N1PBT...ron (rrossi at btv.ibm.com) <><
Ron Rossi H/P SRAM Engineering -- IBM Microelectronics



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