I still have the shorting stick that I used in the Air Force. It has a
curved metal rod that you can hang over the high voltage lead, particularly,
the filter capacitors. The stick is made from hard phenolic about 1-1/2
feet long.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "W5OMR/Geoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Stock or modify? BC rig "value" -- Shorting Sticks
W5OMR/Geoff wrote:
Donald Sanders wrote:
3 foot 3/4 inch wooden dowel or broom stick. Put a rubber bicycle handle
bar
grip on one end. Use 1/2 to 1 inch braid 3 to 4 foot long with large
alligator(crocodile) clip on one end and the other end soldered to a
large
nail in the other end. That's how we made them back in the late 50's.
The one I have, was supplied by John/W5MEU(sk - RIP). It is a phoenelic
rod, about 2 feet long, with a threaded peice of metal that screws into
the phoenolic, has a flat-washer, one end of 1/2" wide, stainless-steel
clad copper braid, about 4 foot long, attached to the rig's front panel,
and one of the screws holding in one of the decks.
I must have been tired...
it has a hooked peice of metal rod, that's threaded on one side. Where it
threads into the phoenolic, is a flat washer against the rod and a jam-nut
to keep it secure. There's another flat-washer on the nut, then the one
side of the 1/2" braid (which has a mounting flange, with a hole drilled
in it, soldered to the braid) lays on that flat washer, then another flat
washer, a lock-washer and nut, (mil-spec) and the other end of the braid
is secured to the cabinet by one of the mounting screws on the front of
the rig.
Permantly attached, and is still there, to this day.
--
73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
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