[ARC5] Bendix Navy key

[kn7sfz]

I have my father's from over 50 years ago and always wondered what it 
looked like inside.  I'm sure someone on the list might have some nice 
interior pix?

Richard kn7sfz

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On 6/11/2023 1:04 PM, Tim wrote:
> 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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