[Johnson] Valiant Restoration:

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

Ed wrote:

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

Well, the RG-59 he mentioned is hardly 1/8" diameter either.  50 versus 
75 ohm is of little significance in the application he described.


Steve WD8DAS

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-----Original Message-----
From: Edward B Richards <zuu6k at juno.com>
To: sbjohnston at aol.com
Cc: johnson at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, Sep 13, 2009 1:05 am
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Valiant Restoration:










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.
> It
> is
> > 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
>
> 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
> &
> stiff to work with in there
>   The original harness  contained coax without any plastic sheath.
> It
> is
> about 1/8" diameter and very flexable
>
> 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.
>
> This is my GO TO site for info on my projects.
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> Many thanks   Frank   KI0RQ
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