[Boatanchors] Slug-tuned inductors

Ron.K3PID ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net
Sun Sep 18 19:43:48 EDT 2011


Curt, I have had some luck using a hair dryer to warm the coils and losen 
the slugs. The older coils had a wax lining and it got brittle with age but 
the heat seems to soften it..

Ron H. K3PID

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Subject: [Boatanchors] Slug-tuned inductors


>
>
> I bought an Eico 722 VFO awhile ago. Output seemed low, so was going to 
> adjust the output coils. The slugs seem stuck. Is there a reliable way of 
> unsticking these without damaging the coil? The coils are a 26uH and 7uH. 
> Are replacements available from any source?
>
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>
> 73, Curt KB5JO
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