[MRCA] W.S. #19 discussion

[John Hutchins]

All -
Visual effect of cotton cord is simple, cotton lacing is available, or  
lacing for boots and or shoes can be used then dyed to the proper color 
if necessary.  For my HS 30 head phones I used boot laces over the 
plastic wire.
Hutch
On 4/25/2013 1:05 PM, D. Platt wrote:
> John,
>
> Thanks for the comments, all well taken.  I did get a bit of 
> improvement when aligning the receiver, admittedly not a great deal, 
> however.  I concur with your assessment of the tinsel cord. Without 
> those lugs that pierce the wire, one is at a severe disadvantage when 
> trying to solder them.  That said, I have gotten away with it, 
> sometimes.  What I was planning to do was make up a pigtail with a 
> cable that's amenable to soldering.  How I might get the visual effect 
> of the cotton cord, I've not figured out, yet.  I will look out on 
> Ebay, etc, until I can find a plug.  What I'll do with this rig, other 
> than add it to the collection, is unclear.  Its the getting it on the 
> air that's all the fun...!!
>
> Regards   Jeep - K3HVG
>
>
> On 4/24/2013 1:26 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>> As I mentioned in an earlier post, I recently acquired a WS #19 MkII
>>> setup with many accessories.  After doing some in-depth maintenance,
>>> alignments,
>> I've a half dozen WS19s, and none has required any alignment.
>>
>>> and some re-building I have the thing on the air.  This is
>>> evidenced by being heard up and down the East coast this past Saturday
>>> on the OMRN.  Not the strongest signal in the neighborhood, but heard,
>>> none the less.  I am trying to cobble together the original headphones
>>> and mics as virtually all the phone elements are bad.
>> The only failure mode known for the mikes, is corrosion of a wire 
>> lead to
>> the diaphragm. If they ar open at DC thay are no good, if not, they are
>> good.
>>
>> snip...............
>
>> They are called 'drop leads'. Watch eBay. They show up as spares. The 
>> drop
>> leads and extension cords all use tinsel wire. They are HARD to
>> reterminate. I would not cut the extensions up. The jackets are also
>> whipped with fabric thread and laquered.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
> John,
>
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