I got the receiver portion of the transceiver built Friday night but as yet have not tested it out. Hoping to build up the transmitter portion Sunday.
I was planning to build a case for it out of PC board material as I had done for my Ft Tuthill 80 kit. (That case came out looking great)! Unless I am dissapointed, I am going to first try using a TenTec case I ordered from TenTec direct. The size is so perfect for the RETRO 75 and the price is good too. TP-41 $6.71. (5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). I also had a SW-30+ transceiver from Small Wonder without a case, so I ordered a slightly smaller case for it too on the same order. The shipping charges for both cabinets came to $7.85. If the TenTec case works out, it will save a lot of time from building one up myself. I prefer making my own as I can size the cabinet to fit the PC board. In this case, the size from TenTec was perfect and for $6.71, I could not build one that inexpensive. When I did the homebrew case for the Ft Tuthill rig I used some spray Krylon Fusion paint for plastic, wood, wicker and more. It really worked out well on the single sided PC material. (I painted the fiberglass side). I was worried about seeing the fiberglass pattern in the paint job. That problem did not occur and the paint job was one of the best I have ever done spraying a cabinet with canned spray paint. The Krylon Fusion paint really impressed me. I used a soft gray for the front, rear and bottom panels and a dark blue for the top and sides. I ordered a new hand held Cobra High Gear HG-M73 Dynamic CB mic for it with a 4 pin plug off of E-bay for $11.00 including shipping. (There are a zillion of these mics listed on that site. Just make sure you buy a dynamic model. Mine has no amp built into it). Lee, w0vt ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
