[Icom] Found a problem.

Tue, 13 May 2003 20:49:49 -0400

Bill,

There must be more than one model of those old B&W (also branded Waters before that) switches you have. Mine -- I have two -- do ground unused positions.

73,

- Bill, WA9MXQ

"wjdiamond" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi Frank,
>
>You are kinder than I am with the name for them...... �Hi Hi.
>
>Bad thing is, they are the only ones that make a 6 position switch. � I
>have some of the older B&W ones and there is zip isolation on them, at
>least on the MFJ the unused contacts are grounded (assuming the grounding
>screws are tight)
>
>73
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
>Behalf Of Frank A. Ellis
>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:23 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Icom] Found a problem.
>
>
>
>Yep, Mighty Fine Junk . . .
>
>73 Frank W3UHF
>
>
>
>>From: "wjdiamond" <[email protected]>
>>Reply-To: [email protected]
>>To: "Icom@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
>>Subject: [Icom] Found a problem.
>>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:58:50 -0500
>>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I use several of the MFJ 1701 6 position switches for switching between
>the
>>various Icom rigs and the dummy loads or antennas.
>>
>>In the last 3 weeks or so I have been noticing higher than normal SWR to
>>the dummy loads and the antenna.
>>
>>I substituted my SWR analyzer for some of the rigs and took some readings,
>>the SWR was not real good, in the neighborhood of 2.5 to 1 to the dummy
>>loads.
>>
>>I did some troubleshooting and I found that the coax connectors on the
>>bottom of the MFJ switches were held on with Philips screws. Yep you
>>guessed it, every single one was loose.......
>>
>>I checked all of the switches and they were all loose. �So if you use any
>>of these it might be a good idea to check the screws..SWR is back to 1-1
>>now.
>>
>>73
>>
>> � � � � William J. Diamond (Bill)
>> � � � � Rogers, Arkansas USA
>> � � � � [email protected]
>>
>> � � � � Ham Radio Operator WR�T
>> � � � Flying The Flag Long Before
>> � � � � � � It Was Popular
>>
>> �Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At
>>
>> �http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html
>>
>>
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