[TenTec] Interesting problem and solution

[Ken Brown]

K. Indart wrote:

>Hi,
>Tell me how long you want the coax cable to be and I will make one up for
>you guaranteed......and GRATIS,     It will be good grade commercial US
>made
> coax, either 50 or 75 ohms, your choice, and by return mail.
>   I have an Omni VI+ and a Titan 425 and no problems here.
>
>Note: Those RCA plugs and jacks are not always the best; specially the jack
>contacts can become spread and not make good and reliable contact.  RCA
>plugs were designed for AUDIO, but Collins was the first to use them for low
>level RF and Heath followed.............
>  
>
Hello K.

Thanks for the offer. Sure I could use a set of good cables, instead of 
the cheesy Philmore/Calrad/Radio Schlock ones I am using. I could use 
two each three foot long, and one five foot long cable. Impedance is not 
important for this application, RG-58 is probably nicer than RG-59 since 
it is a little more flexible. This should accomodate any arrangement of 
my Omni VI, Titan and 253 that I am likely to try. I bought the premade 
cables because I couldn't find any phono connectors that I liked. The 
options available here on the big island (Hawaii) are not so diverse as 
what you are probably accustomed to.

Yes I am familiar with Heath's use of RCA phono connectors. In about 
1973 I had a complete SB series. The SB-301 and SB-401 were bought used 
from separate parties, except the speaker, console and "scanalyzer" 
which my Dad gave me as Christmas presents and I built. So I had to 
build a lot of RCA phono cables to get all the oscilator signals hooked 
up and make it work in transceive mode on either VFO, or even backwards, 
or dual frequency receive. Some of these features were not standard.

Thanks for the offer,

Ken Brown N6KB
P.O. Box 11288
Hilo, HI 96721