[ARC5] Transmitter Antenna Terminal Replacement

[Robert Eleazer]

Speaking of straightening dents and warped panels, ya'll may recall that I got a nice deal on a SCR-274-N transmitter with rack but that the Post Office walloped pretty hard.  I'll have to bend the front panel forward into place and the top cover has an interesting S curve in it that will take some figuring to correct - I think I'll use a hunk of 4X4 plus some other lumber as a forming block. 

I will have to replace entirely the antenna terminal.  It got punched right through the front face and the ceramic parts have disintegrated. I have a gutted transmitter I can use as a donor, but how do you get the antenna terminal off without using tin snips and destroying the front face?  And how do you get new one back on the set to be repaired?  I can make a reinforcement plate if the hole is too big and rivet it into place using real aircraft rivets and add a note that says "certified as original by Mike Hanz" but how does it fit on there?  

Thanks,

Wayne