FT-817/818 rear SO239 to BNC conversion

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Ok so after printing and installing caiwenping's excellent "Stand & Protector" - kit i realized that that the otherwise big bulky and awkward SO239 at the rear was even more useless. After several hit-less hours of Googleing to find others with the same "problem" and their solutions I gave up, and just stared at the FT-817 for a while.. and.. had an epiphany! ;P No more loose/glitchy adapters. Bulky connectors and extra wires. It can be used while the radio is standing upright as well as down on its knees. it doesn't sit in the way of any other connectors on the back. It doesn't protrude above nor below of the radio and it looks good to. :) I still have to refine the design some and then find someone to mill/CNC it out of aluminium but its a good start. For those other tinkers out there: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/auZfa6urk0z BTW, the pictures of the one mounted on the radio are "version 3" and was using some old plastic (i think) 75ohm connector and wasn't even properly attached so just see it as a testfit/demo/brainstormingsession/showcase item.. the current version (5) uses a proper connector, nut etc..