[Elecraft] re: Bug Tamer

[Bob Baxter]

Ron and Group,
I tried the alligator clip with a few wraps of .050 solder and it
works great.  You have bailed me out again.  I have put the Vari-Speed
in the drawer.  I enjoyed the pictures, especially the second
gentleman--no relation <g>.  I have one out of focus picture of me, in
1946, sitting in front of a bank of Hammerlund Super-Pros in a weather
station in Greenland.
Bob Baxter AA7EQ
Walnut Ridge, Ar.

On 1/31/06, Ron D'Eau Claire <rondec at easystreet.com> wrote:

. I find that it's more effective to add length to the pendulum
> like the "bug tamer" does. I have a large alligator clip whose jaws just fit
> around the pendulum, so it can be clipped on the end without interfering
> with the damper. Extra length does a lot more to slow the speed down, gram
> for gram, than extra weight along the center area of the pendulum. The
> downside is that it requires more depth on the operating table where the
> extra length won't bump into anything.
>