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Fred McKenzie · July 9th 12, 11:58 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors

In article ,
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Many of the older HTs like the Motorola HT220s and the Bendix-King sets
have simple screw-in studs for the antenna connections. Is there _any_ way
to adapt these for a BNC connector without major surgery? I could readily
make a connector that screws into the antenna mount and has a BNC on the other
side, but where does the ground come from? Did anyone ever made a commercial
solution for this? Is an HT220 really a boatanchor? Have you ever had to
carry one cross-country?

Scott-

I do not know if there is an easy way to get to the antenna's ground
terminal, but had a related thought. Some of those old HTs worked with
a separate speaker-microphone that had an antenna mounted on it. You
may find a better antenna connection through the speaker-mike connector,
since it would be a co-axial connection there.

Fred
K4DII