Mine came butchered. I didn't care, it was so scratched that I just pained it
black to closer match the Drakes I use it with. I had to figure out what had
been done with it. I never run 160, but never took the mods off either.
73,
Ron WD8SBB
--- On Mon, 10/3/11, Steve Wedge <w1es1...@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Steve Wedge <w1es1...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] (no subject)
To: "K9sqg" <k9...@aol.com>, wd8...@yahoo.com, drakelist@zerobeat.net,
w...@yahoogroups.com, k...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 3, 2011, 12:18 PM
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Yeah, I've seen various mods for adding 160, but they're compromises and - as
mentioned here - they butcher the tuner. Those mods are best left for a real
dog that you might find - one that has half the paint already flaked off or was
previously re-painted/butchered by a PO. ;-)
W1ES
-----Original Message-----
From: K9sqg
Sent: Oct 3, 2011 12:12 PM
To: wd8...@yahoo.com, drakelist@zerobeat.net, w...@yahoogroups.com,
k...@yahoogroups.com, w1es1...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] (no subject)
Considering how easy it is to build a tuner for 160, even a double balanced one
for open wire feedline, not sure who would want to butcher a classic tuner and
lower the value by 50%. Then again, that happens frequently when you see all
the pilot lights, switches, repaints, etc. of vintage gear on Upay. As to the
"limited" matching range of the Johnson Matchbox, I've never had a problem in
that area. It is indeed hard to determine the matching range of a tuner
because the specs generally don't state the matching range or, if they do, they
typically only give the resistive component and not the reactive component; it
is the latter that is the "gotcha".
Enjoy those Drakes...
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron <wd8...@yahoo.com>
To: Drake List <drakelist@zerobeat.net>; BARS <w...@yahoogroups.com>; k4eg
<k...@yahoogroups.com>; Steve Wedge <w1es1...@earthlink.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 7:18 am
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] (no subject)
There is a rather straight forward mod for the Johnsons to allow them to cover
160. Somewhere I have the article. Does require some work and potentially a
12volt supply if you use relays vs switches. Unfortunately, it mods/butchers a
classic tuner unit, but if you can stand doing that.....
>
> I used this tuner with Drake C-Lines through Yaesu
> FT-1000D. It never complained after I removed that
> toroid. Honestly, it you want a balanced-line tuner
> for 80-10, look for a Johnson KW Matchbox. If you need
> balanced for High-power 160, you'd better roll your own.
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