[Collins] Fw: Wanted KWM-2 spares

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 15:15 +0930, L Ritta wrote:
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>  Hello Everyone
>  I have a KWM-2A that I am repairing but it's missing some hardware 
>  that goes behind the s meter 
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>  2 nylon posts 
>  two brackets
>  as shown on page 4-16  fig 4-6 of the Collins KWM-2 manual.
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>  I need to repair my KWM-2A so I can get back on the air.
>  So if you have any of these in your spares and can help please hollar
>  I would really like to hear from you.
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>  73 Lee VK5ABC
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We the subscribers of the Collins Radio Association list are probably
the same this week as two weeks ago so if we didn't have those parts
then we probably still don't have them.

Since there has been a dozen or more editions of the manual, your
reference to a picture without identification of the manual edition
leaves one lost. Indeed some parts will have only been used in some
particular vintage KWM-2 but that vintage can't be reliably determined
by serial number since by decree of Art Collins, serial numbers were
issued in random order. Style change (round vs winged), MCN and part
date codes have to help identify the radio.

What do these parts do? What do they hold? Might it be possible to carve
nylon and bend aluminum to serve their functions? How does their absence
make the radio not work?
-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Advisor to the CRA
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