[Boatanchors] RME 4350 Dial Alignment

[Geoff]

Their drives were poor since the 30's with the races wearing out due to soft 
metal.
Try completely cleaning and repacking with a grease that has a better grip 
but Im not sure what is best these days.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
To: "BOATANCHORS2 LIST" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] RME 4350 Dial Alignment


>I had one as a kid. Never worked right. RME had been bought out by 
>Electrovoice by that time and E-V was able to supply a brand new shaft for 
>the reduction assembly. That didn't help either.
>
> Other than that, I have fond memories of that radio with the 4301 (?) SSB 
> adapter. But I got rid of it back in the early 70's -- mostly because I 
> got tired of fiddling with the reduction adjustments.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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> On Mar 2, 2012, at 9:43 PM, "Gary H. Harmon, Jr." <gharmon at idworld.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> As I recall, this RME and possibly other RME receivers had similar 
>> problems
>> getting the veneer tuning to track.  The coarse knob always worked but 
>> the
>> front knob would slip in spite of any adjustment done to the three 
>> screws.
>> Are there fixes to this problem?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK
>>
>> 6003 Archwood
>>
>> San Antonio, TX 78239-1504
>>
>> 210.657.1549h / 210.884.6926c
>>
>>
>>
>> "Too many projects, not enough time".
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