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You're doing the Lord's work @nomadradio

As always, @nomadradio is correct. People get hung up with input swr. I agree we should all strive for perfect but any amplifier will pretty much show no difference in power with a perfectly flat input and a 2.0:1 input. The only time this can jam you up is with much bigger boxes. With 4w...

White vinegar or muriatic acid will clean it but the latter is very volatile and must be done quick. Dip the corner and before it fizzes away rinse immediately to stop the reaction

Before doing this, another cheap trick is just try a .01uf or .02uf cap from the alternator output to gnd, usually its case. Ive had this clear up certain whines or buzzes

I only key my boxes on Sunday on the way to church. No deadkey, swing only. I keep the city miles low

The whole nichrome wire thing is largely presented by one particular ham who possesses notoriety in the hobby. W8JI disagrees quite publicly about its merit. I think any conductor that suits the builder, especially in amateur service would likely work adequately. I use solid copper wire or...

What he said

Try wiping the spot with acetone with a clean rag, white clean rag

Eh... 800-890 per tube is good. Still inside factory specs. Even at 1kw per tube it will last forever

With a 300 inline 6, yes

Eh...kinda more like a dodge half ton.

A technician

When you say fold it over, do you mean folding over the end and shorting it to itself to shorten it or do you mean just folding it over like a u and keeping it separated

Ive seen worse. That box could be made to run quite well with basic things/tune up. I also like that you did a fixed tuned input, that's what I do on the majority of my boxers that are smaller, there's no need for a variable tuned input for a single band box

Pics?

Ok.back to the point. Is the coax shorted? Did you move the wire and rekey? Does the relay click when u key the box? 5 pages of debate about transistors and lowpass filters and YouTube, jesus guys ... Help the guy fix his box, not lecture him.

Even just a slotted piece of black abs, or poster board with double sided tape would do it

You know what would really finish this off and make it look very factory? If you could take a thin sheet of rubber or plastic and slot it to be the width of the rocker and then just sticky it in behind the panel. It will close off the gap and look factory. I have a buddy that builds amplifiers...

I dont want to take the chassis apart and sell it separately. Thank you

Since the demise of the Toshiba everybody has had to figure out how to make junk work. To me, its not worth the hassle and , tbh, very low profit margins, to build a dc box. Ive learned that the hg transistors must be matched well and more than that the circuit must be matched well. Not alot of...