[ARC5] Bendix Navy key

[Dennis Monticelli]

It's been years but I recall removing the bottom plate and maneuvering up a
strip of DeOxit soaked paper between the contacts.

Dennis AE6C

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:37 PM Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Might be blasphemous, but you might drill a hole in the side big enough to
> get a cleaning strip into the contacts.
>
> OR: Maybe the upper contact can be unthreaded out to allow a thin wood rod
> to clean the inner contsct and the upper contact in your hand to get
> polished.
>
> OR: does the bottom plate come off to allow access to the contacts?
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> K1LKY Western Mass
> K1LKY68 at gmail.com
>
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 2:20 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Those are really good keys.  Mine is a real workhorse around here with the
> TCS, ARC-5 and the rest of the pile.  It has a good feel and of course, is
> authentic...  One issue is the flameproofness it is a bit problematic if
> you need to disassemble it to clean the contacts.  Tiny, tapered pins,
> precision dowel shaft etc.  Key Guru's advise that should be done by a good
> machinist with the proper tools (rather than my hammer and files...).
> Anyone got helpful hints?   But still a winner around here, it has lots of
> miles on it...
> Tim
> N6CC
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 9:34 AM Doran Platt <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Well, here's my key example, in situ, with a vintage ops position. Glad
>> to find out it was sort of universal. Will be moving it over to the ARC-8
>> setup with a genuine ATC transmitter.
>> K3HVG
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