[Boatanchors] HT-20

[Drew P.]

On the HT-20, Robert Nickels wrote:

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"The bezel warpage was a result of insufficient stress relief in the original castings - over time those stresses simply twisted the bezel up like a pretzel."

Sorta' like the SX-28 S-meter brass housings which cracked apart like an exploded barrel over a period of years due to insufficient (or none) stress relief after the stamping/drawing process.

Drew