[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 94, Issue 29

[James Cole]

I an surprised to hear of shipping damage in the ARC-5 TX .... wasn't it
designed for rather severe shock & vibe conditions?

Thanks - Jim N3ZJ

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM, <arc5-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Command TX Repairs (J. Forster)
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> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:58:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Command TX Repairs
> To: "Dennis Monticelli" <dennis.monticelli at gmail.com>
> Cc: ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Dennis pharr
>        <wd5jwy at gmail.com>,     Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
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> Many hardware stores sell steel bearing balls in those sets of
> miscellaneous hardware they have. In WW II all balls were in fractional
> inch sizes, I( think.
>
> -John
>
> ===================
>
>
> > Improper packing of a transmitter I bought at auction resulted in
> > dislodging of some of the ball bearings but thankfully not the glass
> > balls.  This rig broke a rollerductor ceramic supporting arm also.  With
> > effort I located all but one of the tiny ball bearings in the bottom of
> > the
> > box among the sparsely supplied styrofoam peanuts and then managed to
> > reinsert them.  The rotor turns just fine with only one steel ball
> > missing.  I got a new ceramic arm from a junker.
> >
> > Dennis AE6C
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:43 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On most variable caps, the inner end of the shaft has a single ball as a
> >> thrust & rotation bearing. The other end has a ring of balls in thrust
> >> and
> >> the shaft goes through the center of the ring. The shaft is the inner
> >> race, the frame the outer race.
> >>
> >> -John
> >>
> >> ==============
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Dennis pharr wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> ... And, if the
> >> >> suspension beads are gone, it's likely the ball bearings have fallen
> >> >> out as
> >> >> well.
> >> >
> >> > If I remember right: the glass suspension beads hold the stators in
> >> > place, and the ball bearings hold one (or both) ends of the rotor in
> >> > place.
> >> >
> >> > Roy
> >> >
> >> > Roy Morgan
> >> > k1lky at earthlink.net
> >> > K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
> >> >
> >> >
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