[Boatanchors] Need Heathkit HD-1250 Dip Meter Coil

[Alan Gutfrucht]

All,
Thanks to all who answered my query. I did fix the coil tonight and it
doesn't look bad at all. I sliced (lengthwise with respect to the tube)
three short sections about 3/16" wide each and to the length of the last
wind of the coil. By folding the three flaps back I was able to unwind a
little more than a half inch of good wire to work with. I then took out the
broken original wire from the center of the RCA jack and soldered in a new
one long enough to feed back through the hole and meet the half inch I just
unwound. I soldered the two together and put the flaps back with crazy glue.
I finished it off with a small strip of shrink tube on the end leaving half
of the coil windings showing. It looks real good and almost as if it was
made that way from the factory.
73
Alan, WB2FZC 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF [mailto:dfischer at usol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:18 PM
To: Alan Gutfrucht; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Need Heathkit HD-1250 Dip Meter Coil

Hi Alan,

You might also try posting this to the Heathkit list. Good luck!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Gutfrucht" <agutfruc at chicagobooth.edu>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 11:33 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Need Heathkit HD-1250 Dip Meter Coil


> Hello,
>
> I have a used Heathkit HD-1250 solid state dip meter which has a damaged
> 3.2-6.6 MHz coil. I am inquiring to see if anyone on the list might have 
> one
> they would part with. This one has very thin gauge wire and the wire is
> broke at the top end without enough length to reconnect. Any repair
> suggestions would also be welcomed. I looks like I would at least have to
> take off the clear plastic covering and splice in a wire to reconnect.
>
> Thanks,
> Alan, WB2FZC
>
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