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Looks great Lex.

Best wishes

Phil

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On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 at 5:23 PM, Lex PH2LB <lex@...> wrote:

Hello all,

"The switch knob is gone, long life the switch knob."

Got a new Frog in the workbench in a fare condition, but needed a lot of cleaning (dust and other unidentified stuff and gore) and?also new knobs on the light and power switch. Which are very hard to get.??So I pulled of the knobs of my other FRG-7's and it turned out there are 2 models of the knobs (left is original, right is the later model).



I liked the original model more so I fired up TinkerCad and started drawing. And the second prototype was spot on.




?Needs a little trimming on the edges, but looks good already and it functional (grey is original knob, white is 3D printed 0.12 layer, 100% infill).

Next steps :

1. order roll of red PLA to print the power button.
2. print a few more to see if it really is working.
3. publish STL file on my website (link will be post here).

When the results are reproducible, I will post the design on my website (and the STL in the file archive of this group).

So when you get your hands on a FRG-7 without a light or power switch knob, you know can print your own.?

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73 Lex PH2LB?

Hello Fellows , here is the website for the DD-103 unit , all I had to do was put on the two alligator clips , the fellow?
?sent it to me set up for the FRG-7 , just put the black clip on the ground chassis and the red clip on the TP-104
?it looks like a pin sticking up with a round white insulator on it and at the top it is curled over , easy to put the alligator?
?clip on the top ,looks like the set was made for this hook up , I hooked it to a RCA plug , I just drilled a hole in the back?
?of the unit for the female part of the RCA plug , that way when I took the unit out of the cabinet I was not moving the
?wires that were attached the the TP-104 terminal , easy hook up ,I think the fellows name is Ron ,just tell him the set
?you are using the unit for and he can send it ready to go , I will attach his web site , if you scroll down his page you?
?can open up the manual for the DD-103 ,you can see the read out if I can attach a photo to this post , also I sent the?
?web page , it reads the whole number and the numbers stand out easy to see , the schematic shows where the?
?TP-104 is on the board , but if you have any trouble I can take my unit out of the cabinet and sen a photo of
?it if that helps , but I am sure you will have no problem at all ,let me know how you make out , my email address
?is rdelaplante@...?, all the very best Rick
?PS- just in case I can't load the photo on the post email me and I will send it to your email
? Te web site =?http://www.electronicspecialtyproducts.com/dd103.html

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 12:52 PM, Rick

<rdelaplante@...> wrote:

Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick

Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick

• • 
    Hello I am looking for some help or advice, I have two Yaesu Musen FRG-7 recievers that seem to work equally good . I have an attic antenna ,it goes 22 feet along the beams and then 6 feet across the back of the house and then back along the beams on the other side of the peek for another 22 feet , it is bare copper antenna wire and then goes to my receiver in the basement with a single plastic coated lead wire , this lead in wire runs down from the attic and thru the closet floor into the crawl space and this run is about 35 feet , I also have 24 feet of slinky stretched out on the inside attic peak and can join this with the single antenna wire below the attic in the closet or use them separately, I did buy and try a MFJ 1020 C indoor active antenna , I sent it back it did nothing for me . My shortwave pick up is there but not that good and at times there is not much at all , I think these FRG-7 sets are good for shortwave receiving but I am thinking the antenna is the problem , I can’t run an antenna outside the house I have to have it inside and I think the attic is best , is there any advice you can give that will help me out , perhaps a different antenna I could buy or make myself , I would be very thankful for any help or advice , thanks for your time all the very best Rick
    ? ? ?email?rdelaplante@...? OR ?rdelplante@...

On Jan 12, 2022, at 5:28 PM, KA2ING <ptim15@...> wrote:

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are you sure its not just a dirty band switch?

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of KB2LMN <acurlik@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 10:57 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [Yaesu-FRG-7] Issue with Bands

?

When I put a signal on the antenna I’m able to tune in on the D & C bands but on A & B bands I can’t find any signal. I do hear a tone but it’s internal if I kill the signal gen it’s still alive. Any knows issues that may cause this??

Andrew