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Topband: FT-1000(D) click mod

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Subject: Topband: FT-1000(D) click mod
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 19:26:18 -0500
> Connect the collector of a 2N3904 to the flying
> harness lead, and the emitter towards the jack.
> Connect a 1.5 k resistor to the base, and a 10
> uF 25 capacitor to ground.

I forgot to say the resistor goes between the collector and the base 
of the transistor.

The transistor turns on slowly because the 10uF capacitor charges 
through the 1.5k resistor. The stage turns off slowly because the 
capacitor discharges through the base to the emitter.

73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 


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