[Elecraft] Cure for a "Sierra" that was suffering from age and neglect

[Ken Lotts]

The Sierra is cousin to the K1.  A worthy radio of it's day (not that longs
ago).  I bought it after much research in a quest to buy the best of the
best in QRP and I was not dissapointed.  It has been on many campouts and
logged many a QSO.

I dusted off my Sierra today and found that it was drifting slightly and the
audio gain was scratchy so I popped the hood and cleaned it out with blue
shower.  To my surprise the drift problem went from barely noticeable to
unbearable.

Blue shower dissolved what little grease that was left in the bearings of
the main tuning capacitor so... I repacked the bearings with CaiLube M260Cp
conductive grease and wow... talk about a miracle cure!  CaiLube rocks!

The sierra is now perfectly rock stable.  zero drift (nada).  Like new.

I think I may pull out my Harvey Wells Bandmaster and repack it's bearings
too..   ;)

Ken Lotts
aa7jc