[Elecraft] #6107 - First Snag

[Dale Boresz]

One of the most clever recommendations that I remember from those 
discussions a few years ago was to wrap a few turns of wire from one 
bail end to another and insert a short rod of some type and twist it 
"tourniquet style" to slowly draw the ends inward until they are drawn 
together enough to allow it to be attached.

Or -- you could dispense with the bail altogether (as I did) and cobble 
together some taller 'feet' for the front of the radio so that the front 
sits up about an inch or a little more above the surface upon which it 
is resting. May not be too good for portable use, but for home use on a 
desktop it works very well.

73, Dale
WA8SRA
K2 #3039

Mark Bayern wrote:
> IMO, the bail is the most difficult piece of the assembly.
>
> I used longer screws while assembling the thing and then changed them
> out, carefully!, one at a time to screws of the correct length.
>
> There were some great discussions on the forum a few years ago about
> the tilt bail. Lots of different ideas about how to get the blasted
> thing installed. A check of the archives might give you some ideas ...
> certainly it will give you a few laughs, and you won't feel like the
> only cave-man in the forum.
>
> Mark   AD5SS
> K/2  5340
>