[Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal Plug

[Paul Christensen]

>”For sure they were made. The 300 ohm twin lead from the Harvey Wells VFO to my TBS-50 has such a plug.”

 

Ok, I wasn’t going insane!  I found them in an old Moseley index but no photo:

 

Universal twin-lead line plug, clear, No. 301  $0.51 ea.

 

Paul, W9AC 

From: Allan Culbert <radio.k0al at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 5:10 PM
To: Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal Plug

 

Paul,

 

For sure they were made. The 300 ohm twin lead from the Harvey Wells VFO to my TBS-50 has such a plug.

 

I will dig some tomorrow.

 

73,

 

Al

 

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 5:05 PM Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net <mailto:w9ac at arrl.net> > wrote:

>If there was ever one made, I never came across it.  

As a novice back in '72 I had a box of them.  They were clear acrylic and
rectangular with side screws and leaf springs.  I could swear it was the
same pin size/spacing used on the back of the Johnson Viking II for an
external T/R relay.  I used them on the Viking as well.  I seem to recall
they were also used as 300-ohm TV plugs back in the '60s.  Anyone remember
these?

I just pulled apart an odd-frequency FT-243.  As Bob suggested, there's a
channel along the top that small coax can be routed through.  I can clearly
mark the ground side.  

Paul, W9AC 

______________________________________________________________
Boatanchors mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net <mailto:Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> 

List Administrator: Gary Harmon, K5JWK
** For Assistance: gharmon at idworld.net <mailto:gharmon at idworld.net>  **


This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to radio.k0al at gmail.com <mailto:radio.k0al at gmail.com>