[Johnson] Valiant Restoration:

[Edward B Richards]

IIRR RG-174/U is 50 ohm and he wanted 75 ohm.

Ed  K6UUZ
 
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:19:23 -0400 sbjohnston at aol.com writes:
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> > The original harness  contained coax without any plastic sheath.  
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> > about 1/8" diameter and very flexable
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> 1/8" coax sounds like RG-174/U and it is available from many 
> vendors.  
> I think a good deal can be had from All Electronics...
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> http://www.allelectronics.com/index.php?page=search&search_query=RG-174
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> You can pull off the black jacket to achieve similar appearance, 
> although I'd leave it on for insulation.
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> Steve WD8DAS
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> sbjohnston at aol.com
> http://www.wd8das.net/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Donnelly <goober at centurytel.net>
> To: johnson at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sat, Sep 12, 2009 7:57 pm
> Subject: [Johnson] Valiant Restoration:
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> This is a Great site.   Progress and one question on my Valiant 
> Restoration.
> I bought an assembly manual and started from the back and 
> completely
> disassembled, bagged, & tagged & tested all components down to the 
> bare
> chassis in reverse order.
> Now I am starting from the fromt and it is starting to come 
> together
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> Had to spot weld the chassis corners.  I think the chicken banders
> actually used it as a Boat anchor.
> I have now cleaned chassis and installed all new tube sockets and
> terminal strips, and have just about finished building a complete 
> new
> wiring harness.
> This is where I need some help.
> The specs in the assembly manual calls for 10 ft of  RG-59 coax   75 
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> ohm.
> I would like to find the miniture type. Regular RG-59 is too thick 
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> stiff to work with in there
>   The original harness  contained coax without any plastic sheath.  
> It 
> is
> about 1/8" diameter and very flexable
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> Does anyone have some laying around they want to sell,  or where can 
> I
> buy some?
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> There are 4 coax leads hooked to V-12,, First & Second Audio
> Any recommendations as to what type coax I should  use and where can 
> I
> buy it.
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> I also have a working Valiant in the shack and doing a little 
> cleanup
> and re-tubing and replacing R-13 before I put it on the air.
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> This is my GO TO site for info on my projects.
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> Many thanks   Frank   KI0RQ
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