[DSP-10] Another step of progress

[Don AE5K]

On 04/14/2013 01:05 PM, Bob DeVarney W1ICW wrote:
> Hey Don,
>  be VERY careful using the small metallic screwdriver in those slugs. 
> It is very easy to break the slug and then you are in a bad way.
>
> I once spent a couple of weeks repairing a Yaesu FRG-7 in which 
> someone had broken EVERY slug in every coil using the wrong tuning 
> tool. I had to pull every coil out and remove the slug from the bottom 
> as the broken pieces had seized the slug in the core.
>
> Just saying... Good progress and keep the reports coming. I just got a 
> DSP-10 from a friend and am close to incorporating it into my 2-meter 
> EME station.
>
> 73 de Bob W1ICW
>
Thanks for the word of warning Bob.  Yes, I've been there before (not on 
DSP10).  Fortunately for right now, the slugs in all the coils are very 
easy to turn.  Maybe this needs to be "fixed" eventually so they don't 
change position due to vibration -- a little wax or something might be 
called for.

I had hopes at one time to use my DSP-10 on EME, but due to health, age, 
etc. I don't think I'll ever make it.  It is primarily the mechanical 
part of dish positioning that is keeping me from it for the microwave 
bands -- I have a couple 10 ft. TVRO dishes sitting in my field.

73,
Don AE5K