[Boatanchors] Dial Re-Stringing Madness!

[Bob Macklin]

On my HR-10 if I let it sit unused for a few months the shaft on the tuning
cap get sticky and then the dial cord slips. If I leave it on for a few
weeks the problem goes away until the next time I leave it unused.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>
To: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Dial Re-Stringing Madness!


> Hi
> Glen and all the other responders.
> Here's some responses to your comments.
> Rosin on the cord doesn't seem to help on any of the dial work I have done
> so far.  Maybe the next time it will.
> Roughing up the tuning dial shaft behind the tuning knob makes me wonder
> why?  Since it worked OK before, it should work as is (am I taking a
suicide
> pill on this one?)
> Lubricating the cap shaft pivot sounds good but when is it good enough?
> It's starting to sound like the tension spring needs to get beefed up.
I'll
> try that route tonight but I think I have enough tension on the string
> already because I get that satisfying Ping! sound when plucking the dial
> string with a spring hook.
> I said I think I do.
> Thanks for all the good input guys!
> 73's
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston NC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
> To: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>;
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: <glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Dial Re-Stringing Madness!
>
>
> > I "assume" that you do have a spring attached to at
> > least one end of the dial string.
> >
> > Try "roughing up" the shaft to which the tuning knob
> > is attached (use some sandpaper).  Over the years the
> > constant polishing of the shaft by the dial string
> > often reduces the ability of the shaft to "hold" the
> > new dial string.
> >
> > Glen, K9STH
> >
> >
> > --- Greg Mijal <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  No problems following the manuals to set up the
> > stringing and I have specialized tools to get right
> > thru it. I use good quality string designed for radio
> > work.  The problem is I frequently end up with a dial
> > that stops moving at some point in it's travel range.
> > There is good tension overall and the string is not
> > binding as it travels.  The damn thing just stops
> > turning the cap and slips on the tuning dial shaft.
> >
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> > Glen, K9STH
> >
> > Website:  http://k9sth.com
> >
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