[ARC5] Fwd: T23 tuning tool

[AKLDGUY .]

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From: AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] T23 tuning tool
To: JOHN MCCARTY <n9hrt at sbcglobal.net>


Thank you for that suggestion John. Perhaps using a toaster to warm the
tubing would help it slide onto the shaft, wait for it to cool, then
rotate. I'll keep this in mind. On taking another look, I've found that the
turret holes are all the same size, so if the socket fits one it should fit
all. The problem is that the gear teeth are coarse enough to allow a
misalignment of some slugs when one or two are properly aligned. The
original W.E. tool was presumably thin enough to cope, but my socket is too
large in the shank. A last resort solution might be to adjust the ones that
the socket fits, then rotate the turret by hand a fraction to permit
adjusting the others, taking care not to step the turret off that band's
contacts.

Neil ZL1ANM

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 2:12 PM JOHN MCCARTY <n9hrt at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Neil;
>
>   I found some somewhat stiff clear plastic tubing that fit snug on the
> hex shafts. I cut the tubing into short lengths
> such that I could tune the rig with the cover on.
>
> 73 + gud luck
>
> John n9hrt
>
> On Friday, June 7, 2019, 4:28:13 PM CDT, AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Anyone tuned up a T23/ARC-5 transmitter? What did you use to tune the
> slugs? I found that a 3/16" socket fits the brass hex shafts on a couple of
> the slugs. On the remaining slugs, the shank of the socket is too thick to
> enter the hole in the turret mounting bracket and the socket won't engage
> with the shafts. A clock-winding key might work, but I'm doubtful of
> finding one with a hex end. Looking for suggestions or even the offer of
> the proper W.E. tool.
>
> Neil ZL1ANM
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