Hi Howard,
I'm relaxed, today, really, I was after I got all the great encouragement from you all!
Yep, that's the plan, I'd love to get the vec512, which is the one that Bob, k8lr, uses!
However, Howard, I highly rezent you saying "stop being a victum, I absolutely rezent that! What am I suppose to do then? Just put a fony smile on my face all the time and tell everybody that everything's fine in my life?
How was I playing the victum anyway? If someone is hurting and needs help, then for God sake, let's help people when they're hurting.
I also rezent you saying that if 1 person says that I'm a jerk, that whole thought process!
I am an individual, first, I am not a clubber.
The problem is, with our 2 clubs here, I don't fit in anywhere, and most of the hams in this community don't fit into the 2 clubs either. The problem with the 2 clubs is:
1. The first one is for serious contesting, and my goal is not to win the damn thing, and so I don't fit there!
2. The second is a social club, not much operating, and I want to operate, not to win contests, but at least operate.
Both these clubs are clicks, and it's not your fault, but you wouldn't understand these clubs, because you're not here, which is understandable.
I don't know what your clubs are like, there, but hopefully, not as clickish as our 2 clubs.
Yep, handihams doesn't build these tuning aids any more. I do know what you're talking about though, because I had a good old mfj 941C, and it had a jack on it, which I did plug the tuning aid I then had, into.
Looks like I'm gonna go with the noise bridge, it sounds like a great idea, acording to folks on the list.
73,
Trippy, ac8s
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Howard Kaufman 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:59 PM
  Subject: Re: what next? my rig is gone!


  Relax, take a zanyx and think.  Since you have the 480 HX, buy a noise 
  bridge, put it in line and tune your tuner for the null which will match a 
  1/1 SWR.  Here is another reason to buy the 480 SAT, like we all advized.
  The internal tuner will match anything under 6/1, so if you get a match 
  operate the radio.  If you don't get a match don't.  As far as a tuning aid, 
  stop being a victim, look around for a schematic, and start placing adds and 
  contacting handy hams to see if anybody would be willing to build it for 
  you.  With around 100,000 hams in the country maybe somebody would enjoy a 
  small project if you provided the diagram and parts.  You'd have to send 
  them your 949 so that the jack could be installed.

  Remember, you said how none of the local hams would help,

  Well if one person says you are a jerk, they are probably wrong.  If two 
  people say you are a jerk, its worth considering.  If three people say you 
  are a jerk, they are probably right!!!

  Are you really sure nobody connected with handyhams would build you a tuning 
  aid if you came up with the parts and tuner.

  I think the noise bridge is probably the best solution, but I don't know if 
  they make ones that don't have to be taken out of line before transmitting 
  RF through them.

  The 949 has a dummy load in it I think.  Is your audio awful on the dummy 
  load?  That might help diagnose the problem.