Great idea Rob. The 259 switch being on the front panel makes it very
vulnerable to turn on when the unit is in a bag or pocket. I have a couple
of the little power plugs, one is 0.20" OD and the other is 0.22" on the
sleeve. Both work FB to kill the on-off switch when they are in place. I
think there are a lot of these on the little Wall Wart power supplies which
could be clipped off. Of course you could always buy one at RS or somewhere.
73, Dan, N5AR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New 259B Analyzer.
> the trick for avoiding accidental running the batteries down is to get
> a plug for an external power source that fits in the DC jack; just the
> plug is all that's needed. That disables the internal battery supply
> so even if you push it on by accident it won't come on until you pull
> the DC p.s. plug out of the jack. Put it back in when you're done.
> Makes it impossible to leave it on draining the batteries. Since I
> don't carry mine around much except in summer, I leave the screws on
> the back cover off which makes it easy to pop it off and check to make
> sure nothing is leaking.
>
> 73
>
> Rob K5UJ
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