[Johnson] (no subject)

[Jim Brannigan]

I used either 12 or 14 gauge solid wire as the pins, soldered a length of 
insulated wire to them and covered the exposed joint(s) with shrink tubing.

Jim

>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Here is a little trick that may be of some interest. On the rear of the
>> Valiant J-4 supplies 115V for what-ever you need.  Unfortunately
>> the plug to
>> that jack is very hard to find.  I did find a substitute but was
>> not happy
>> with the connection between the two.  I purchased a FT-243
>> crystal and jack
>> assembly from Brian Carling.  I removed the ceramic j-4 from the
>> Valiant and
>> installed the two jacks from Brian. They are a drop in fit but you might
>> want to use a couple of small washers on each side.  I took the
>> crystal and
>> removed the innards and drilled a hole in the top the size of a small
>> covered wire that had two #22 hook up wires in it.  I ran the
>> wire thru the
>> hole and soldered them to the crystal pins.  Reinstalled the
>> cover for the
>> FT-243 and now I have a plug that fits the new j-4 perfectly and supplies
>> 115v to operate my antenna relay.