But why did all these ops. disfigure their amps when all they had to do was
put a switch (with a small box) in the keying line? Jim, K7RDX
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From: kl7ra <kl7ra@blizzard.gcgo.nasa.gov>
To: <amps@contesting.com>; skipp isaham <nospam4me@juno.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] SB-220 Meter Movements
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> Skipp writes:
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> >Normally I would just live with the unsightly holes many hams have
> >butchered into SB-220's to add an unneeded relay bypass switch...
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> Adding a switch to break the PTT path was a common trick for contesters.
> It was needed to allow an instant band change to work a multiplier
barefoot
> then return to the run band at full power.
>
> My guess is more were modified then not and keeping the switch retains
> the flavor of the amp's contest history.
>
> Rich KL7RA
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