[MRCA] MRCA Digest, Vol 229, Issue 58

[Bart Lee]

Subject: [MRCA] Forward or Backward

Nicely done! Good to see the infrastructure.
73 de Bart, K6VK ##
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On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 7:32 PM <mrca-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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>    1. Forward or Backward (Ray Fantini)
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> Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 19:30:21 +0000
> From: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> To: "mrca at mailman.qth.net" <mrca at mailman.qth.net>, MMRCG
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> Yesterday I decided to build a rack mount for my RF-5000 set, thought
> about trying to buy one but at the end of the day built up one from stuff
> around the house. Started with using an old RCA monitor amplifier rack
> tray. It was built back in the early sixties out of steel and use to
> support a couple heavy monitor amplifiers so knew it would have no issue
> supporting the Harris stuff. The back stopping blocks and the front lock
> downs are from a old military GRC-19 mount that I cut up years ago for
> building a mount for my GRC-106 Drilled out the appropriate holes for
> installing the back stops and two holes in the front that I installed a
> couple bolts for the wing nuts to attach to along with spot welding the
> heads of the bolts under the tray so they would not turn or fall out when
> the front retainers are removed. Painted everything black and there you go.
>
> The real question is ?should the amplifier be installed forward or
> backwards?? the mount works both ways, so it doesn?t care. This is with the
> amplifier installed backwards, rear front. I think it looks better
> installed like this, just I recall seeing a mobile installation where this
> was done and there was much P/M about how that?s not right, possibly
> immoral!  I think this looks better, what do you think? Attached is a
> picture of the installation and the front and back stop.
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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