[MRCA] Improvise

[Tim]

But my Smart phone doesn't have an App for that!

"Run what you brung - Improvise, adapt, overcome."

BZ!  Tim
N6CC

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:40 AM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:

>  I had an emergency with my "Frankenstein" ***  antenna tuner due to the
> low frequency involved
> for military MARS ops and the resulting  very high voltages which created
> a failure of the rotor wipers (HV arc) on one of the variables, a quick
> substitution allowed me to stay on schedule but required a different input
> connector location  and a large piece of insulation to mount the substitute
> capacitor. Also note the lexan cover which protects the meter on the watt
> meter which has survived many  years of amateur and commercial maintenance.
>
> *** Frankenstein - A term used to describe a piece of gear that has been
> constructed from  pieces removed from other equipment and gear that is
> often modified to change its personality to fit the occasion or emergency.
>
> BTW efficiency of this tuner is above 90 percent which is not bad for the
> lower frequencies.
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