[WARC] attenuator club project?

[Leslie Hittner]

Jim,

My brother was a professional tool and die engineer before he
went into partnership with my father. He might be interested in
doing some tool work for the club if we take on the attenuator
project.

I could ask him if you wish (He recently retired and may have
some time on his hands.)

-Les

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Jefferson Jarvis" <jj at aprsworld.com>
To: <warc at lists.w0ne.org>
Cc: <robert.andrews at us.ibm.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 18:28
Subject: [WARC] attenuator club project?


> Hi Group,
>
> Walt lent me his Fox Hunt Attenuator today. It worked great!
>
> Basically it is an inline device that allows you to switch on
attenuation as
> needed. So when fox hunting it allows you to lower the signal
level so the
> fox isn't S9 in all directions.
>
> Walt's attenuator is from Arrow Antennas. Here is a link to
the manufacturer's
> site:
> http://www.arrowantennas.com/atten.html
>
> I believe the design started from an article published in QST
some years ago.
> It's something that can easily be built. Clare built one years
ago. If
> somebody wanted to help me, we could CNC mill the aluminum
bodies and kit up
> the rest of the parts.
>
> Would there be interest from the group in making this a club
project? Perhaps
> something that we could do at a meeting? I can't imagine it
would take more
> than 45 minutes to build. If the labor to machine the boxes
was free, I think
> the thing could be kitted for $25 or less.
>
> ?
>
> -Jim KB0THN
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