[Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal Plug

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Rob,

Maybe the main reason is keeping the legacy gear *original*. I am less 
concerned about *all original* to support highest resale value. My 
Ranger was a gift from an early "Elmer" (long since silent key) and I 
want to keep is as he used it. As he aged and couldn't drive at night I 
took him to club meetings and hamfests. We had a good time. After one 
such trip the Ranger went home with me.

I made a plug for the 110 volt AC T-R out line on the back from an 
appropriate defunct crystal can (the socket is not FT-243 size).

My DX-100 was already *modified* when I got it cheap at hamfest so more 
mods are just irrelevant. I loaned it to new hams for a long while and 
checked into QMN and Navy MARS nets with it. I paid $25 for it almost 40 
years ago and it owes me nothing. Resale value - hah!

73,

Bill  KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 9/2/20 6:02 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> I don't know exactly why we're solving this problem because I don't
> completely understand why we're married to a socket that doesn't have
> a plug.  If it were me, I'd color outside the lines.  I'd punch a
> small hole and add something like a BNC jack paralleled with the xtal
> socket and move on with my life.  Plus, no worries about the plug
> going in the wrong way.
> 
> 73
> Rob
> K5UJ