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Old September 16th 12, 12:41 PM
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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

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Hi OM Scott,

I suppose you need to connect the HT to an external antenna.

A friend of mine faced the same problem when he wanted to connect a Motorola HT to an external antenna.

I had a look and there was no way to get a ground connection out without damaging the radio.

The 'half-way' solution is to connect another rubber ducky to the coax cable from the external antenna and inductively coupling it to the HT rubber ducky.

Here's the link to how I checked it out to see whether it would work.

http://nandustips.blogspot.in/2011/0...y-gimmick.html

It does work after a fashion!

73

Nandu.
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