Did you try Radio Shack?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
On Jun 25, 2013, at 12:08 PM, honeys...@aol.com wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I have a question for this list. During a sail on Sunday I used the boat's
> main radio to call another boat for a weather report (they were about 5 miles
> South of me) and they replied that my set was weak and barely readable. This
> set is an I-Com M59 so I though that maybe it was set to low power, but no so
> I switched in the amplifier (150 watt Henry that we used in the SORC days
> when well off shore) the contact said that they could hear me by still very
> weak. Long story short, the 12 vdc contact was loose and the transmitter was
> not receiving the full amperage required to properly transit. Reception was
> not an issue as that work perfectly. Fixed the problem now the radio works
> just fine.
>
> The question is:
> While wondering about the issue, I thought that I would simply disconnect the
> antenna and use the handheld adaptor and plug into the mast head antenna, but
> then noticed that the adaptor is for the old type hand held with the twist
> lock antenna, both of the hand held I-Com radios on the boat use the screw in
> antennas. I have looked at every source that I can locate for an adaptor that
> will work with the new sets. No luck. Any ideas?
>
> Jack Fitzgerald
> C&C 39 TM
> HONEY
> Savannah, GA
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