[Boatanchors] Globe Scout 40A

[L L bahr]

Spacing is so close, Charlie, I don't think this would work.  We are dealing with a very close spaced broadcast variable.  You can barely see any if at all any air between the rotor and stator plates with this particular variable in a Globe Scout.

Lee, w0vt

----- Original Message -----
Apologies if this has already been suggested , but what would be the 
down side to painting the outer edges of the rotor plates with something 
like nail polish or Krylon spray? Arcing is more likely to originate at 
a rough spot, not at a flat surface. Almost any dielectric should even 
out the fields near the rough spot as well as increase the dielectric 
strength over that of air.

Regards,

Charlie K1LDZ