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SiriusHardware · 3rd Oct 2019, 6:29 pm

There is usually a reason why the originator of a mod / conversion has elected to do something the difficult way rather than the easy way - I remember that in Chris Lorek G4HCL's conversion of the band III Philips MX295 to 2m, he specifically concluded that the receiver front end 'tanks' had to be modified by adding turns rather than by just adding capacitance and I remember he added, rather testily 'Yes, I did try that!".

That said, one of my favourite sayings is 'always try the easy thing first', so why not see how it goes?

3rd Oct 2019, 6:29 pm	#3
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,585	Re: Modifying Vintage PMR Coils There is usually a reason why the originator of a mod / conversion has elected to do something the difficult way rather than the easy way - I remember that in Chris Lorek G4HCL's conversion of the band III Philips MX295 to 2m, he specifically concluded that the receiver front end 'tanks' had to be modified by adding turns rather than by just adding capacitance and I remember he added, rather testily 'Yes, I did try that!". That said, one of my favourite sayings is 'always try the easy thing first', so why not see how it goes?