[Boatanchors] SWAN 250C drift and what I are gonna do about it

[Greg Mijal]

I remember when the SWAN 350 was one of the hottest rigs on the market.  Lots of folks had them and they got the job the done.
I also remember that many had box fans sitting on the top of the box to suck the air through it.  When I run my SWAN stuff nowdays, I still use a box fan sitting on top.  The drift is drastically reduced and very little retuning is necessary to hold a chosen frequency.  The sides of the radio stay at room temperature even around the PA area.  Heavy yaking will warm the sides up a bit but the rig cools off right away.  Plastic box fans run around $10 at Walmart and well worth it.
The 250C under repair here is nearly done and going on six with a Moxon antenna.  
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC