[ARC5] Bendix Navy key

[Tim]

Hi Dennis - Yep, working via the removed bottom plate is about all one can
do without getting destructive.  It works, but I like to inspect the
results of my cleaning...haha
CW Forever!

Tim
N6CC



On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:46 PM Dennis Monticelli <
dennis.monticelli at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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