[Boatanchors] James Millen fans: What is this?

[Pete Ferrand]

Chuck, thanks, you've nailed it. However there's no picture of the item so I couldn't have been sure even tho I looked at that description previously. It did look a little like the coupling unit for the Variarm VFO which I traded away in 1971.

-Pete



-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck McGregor <cbmcgr at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 13, 2012 11:04 PM
>To: Pete Ferrand <petef at sprynet.com>
>Cc: "Boatanchors at puck.nether.net" <Boatanchors at puck.nether.net>
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] James Millen fans: What is this?
>
>It looks like you have the "Plug-in Adapter", part of the Millen model
>90711 VFO.  The pins on the bottom were to plug into the crystal socket of
>a transmitter.  See the 90711 manual on the Millen Society website.
>73,
>Chuck K7MCG
>
>On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Pete Ferrand <petef at sprynet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I recently acquired a James Millen coupling unit, and it has no model
>> number markings of any kind. Looked over what I could on the web and found
>> no clue. If you click on the links you should see pictures:
>>
>> http://home.sprynet.com/~petef/millen_coupler_outside.jpg
>>
>> http://home.sprynet.com/~petef/millen_coupler_inside.jpg
>>
>> http://home.sprynet.com/~petef/millen_coupler_inside_2.jpg
>>
>>
>> I removed the knob for clarity and so I could take it apart since we all
>> know what a Millen bar knob looks like. The other end of the coax goes to a
>> PL-259.
>>
>> Any help, especially pointers to docs on this, I'd greatly appreciate.
>>
>> Thanks for checking it out!
>>
>> -Pete
>> WB2QLL
>> Somers, WI
>>
>>
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