[Icom] Found a problem.

Tue, 13 May 2003 21:05:30 -0400

Hi Bill,

Roger that 100%. The old B+W switches are very nice, but the isolation is 
definitely an issue. I use a couple of Alpha Delta 4-port switches in 
cascade, it wastes one port but provides 7 isolated, 
grounded-when-not-in-use connections. At HF the extra loss of the 2 swithces 
is negligible.

BTW, I have always believed that MFJ was one of the "true ham suppliers"  in 
the "true spirit of hams", i.e. that you have to tinker with their products 
to get them just right (tongue in cheek).

Seriously now, I want to tell you that I took your entire "761 Saga" in, and 
thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Not many people would expose their foibles 
and follies for all to see. Your determination to get the rig squared away 
was very impressive, and your posts have, I am sure, motivated more than a 
few people to try harder. Thanks for the great contributions.

73 Frank W3UHF

>From: "wjdiamond" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [Icom] Found a problem.
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:37:58 -0500
>
>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
>
>         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
>
>-----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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