Portable Aircraft HF Radio Build (Going to Be Long) Multiple Posts....

Hello, Usenet, Jay, Marry, Montblack, And Friends!!!

Since Comcast is so lame and Lost the HF thread will start my own.

HF-Box build project, Goal is to simplify next flight T182T to Qatar next
week!!! and return airline flight home with equipment not broken.

Most all you know what I do for a living fun, fun, fun, :-) yep mostly
Single Engine Piston Aircraft Over Oceans it some times requires an HF
Radio!

Well I got tired of always fumbling with HF wiring Special Flight Permit
Allows!! A Power Drop For HF When Tanked!! So I decided to package it all in
to one small portable airline carry on size case case. I used a Pelican case
just incase I may be harassed and asked to check it as I have in the past
(Thanks!! Delta, Virgin, and TSA A-holes)

This Case Will Not Be Water Tight It Requires Drilling Holes!!!! Pelican
Unconditional Warranty Still Applies Leaving Holes To Min. MADE IN USA WITH
GREAT WARRANTY!!!

Supply List,

Pelican 1450 Case About $75.00 Shipped (No Foam)
HF Radio ICOM 706MKIIG 100 Watt $949.00 On Sale Ham Radio Outlet (Remote
Mount Kit Required It's UsuallyFree + a $50 to $100 Rebate) Look Here
http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/hf/index.html#706
Automatic Antenna Tuner SGC 237 100 Watt (or 239) $359.00
Astron 24 to 12V Converter 20 Amp 24 Peak About $150.00
2 Nice Size Pieces Of Aluminum ($ Varies Mine Was Donated By Horizon Air
Trash Can! Yea, I Dumpster Diving Again!!)
A Bunch Of Mics. Items Don't feel like Listing them All Use Your Brain!!!
(Jacks PL235 1000UF 25V Cap And 10K Resister, 1 or 2 Computer Fans Etc.)
MCM, Norvac, Etc. ($$ Varies)
Tools, Tin Snips Left, Right, Straight, Soldering Iron, Solder, Drill And
Assorted Bits, Rivet's And Rivnuts...Lots of Heat Shrink, Epoxy, Your Brain,
and Harbor Freight If you have a local one!!! (My Case Friends Snap-On Truck
& My Own Good Tool Collection)

You will need Soldering Skills, An Adult Beverage I Like Whiskey, Kitchen
(Aka, Workshop) And AN Understanding Wife!!! For making a Big Mess!!!

This Pelican Case will give you enough Space to Pack The Radio, Long Wire
Antenna, Tools, And Universal Mounting Hardware Cessna, Piper, Grumman,
Etc... Single And Multi All Connections Antenna's. Power, Ground And Control
head will be External Mount Quick Connect.

Photos Will Be Out Of Numerical Order,
The Case, Pelican 1450 Perfect Size About $70.00 No Foam
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Take You Sheet Of Aluminum Cut it To Fit The Bottom Of the Pelican Case.
Don't Cut your Fingers....I did not want to use my CNC mill for this to much
work to clean the Garage to get to the dam thing. Ok, Mount the Radio Mount
To This!!! I Used 1/8" Pop Rivets...
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Verify Fit In Case, Looks Ok!
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Remove Frome Case and Mount Radio
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Verify Fit In Case, You want About 1/2 Inch for Cable Clearance On Front
Remote Mount Cable.
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Time To Mount The Antenna Tuner, Ok I used scotch bright pads with a right
angel die grinder to remove the paint off the bottom of the SGC-237 (No
Photo) because if you have not guessed it by now we are using the aluminum
sheet as a ground for this project. A good ground with a wire antenna is key
for this set up.

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Verify Fit In Case, Make Another Adult Beverage!!!
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Find A Spot For Cooling Fan Placement, (I Do Have A Guard For The Fan)
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Remove Lid Re Clock 180 Degrees Add Auto Tune Cap & Resister To the Inside
Of Tuner At The Terminal Connector.
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More Inside the SGC237
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Preview Of Mounting Astron Voltage Converter to lid Of SGC-237 Antenna
Tuner,
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Tomorrow!!! Mounting Voltage Converter, And Selector Switch 14v or 28v
Systems, Adding External Fuse's, Cutting Top Plate, Adding Antenna And Power
Connectors, Airflow Cooling Tests, Etc...

You, Want to use Nylon Screws When Mounting the Astron Voltage Converter
dure to the High Voltage In The Antenna Tuner.

This box is nowhere done I may find problems and Issues along the way and
correct...will post trial and error. I will try and be strait fwd as
possible.. All input will be accepted. Used??

BBL!!!

Photo's Of Diesel 182 Coming Soon Trip to Tanzania is Delayed Due to FAA
B.S. Supplemental Type Cert Update From SMA!!! Oops!!!

OH!! Jay, You Will get To see the Tanzinia Bird, Tanked and all when I stop
by for a night at my favorite hotel..... What room do I wanna stay in this
time? Lets See if I can sleep in them all by 2009 hahaha !!