[Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal Plug

[Robert Downs]

Well, now that you describe it, I think that I have seen photos of such a
plug.  Might have been made by Johnson.

Robert Downs


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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Christensen
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 16:05
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal Plug

>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 

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