[Hallicrafters] Dial Cord

[Barry Hauser]

Hi John:

Thanks for the "lead" on the "leader". ;-)

I've just about run out of dial cord I got from Radio Shack before they
discontinued it altogether.

Does this Cortland stuff have to be pre-stretched like the AES cord?  

The braiding can help with traction, particularly around the tuning knob
shaft, however if it's too coarse the feel of the tuning will be rough as
the multiple turns come in contact with each other and the mechanism may
even be a bit noisy.  Is that line fairly smooth?

The better dial cord has a stretch resistant core of some fiber, such as
fiberglas, and is radially wound with a very thin covering (at least I
think so.)  Is there any particular type of fishing line that's made like
that?

Anyway, for 2 bucks, I'll pick some up.  Of course, I'll probably "wind
up" with a bagful of assorted fishing line for the laboratory.  Igor --
prepare the forceps, hemostats and tweezers!

Barry



On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:33:51 -0400 john <johnmb at nc.rr.com> writes:
> I purchased a spool of white braided dacron fishing leader from 
> Walmart and it works (and looks) just like the original.  
> Brand is called Cortland FAIRPLAY 20lb test fly line backing.
> 50 yards cost a couple bucks and it works really well (and looks 
> good
> too).
> 73
> John wb5oau
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:13 AM 8/29/02 -0400, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> >
> >The stuff from Antique Electronic Supply tends to stretch after 
> installation.
> >Need to hang it on a weight from something for several days before 
> installing
> >it.        
> >        
> >Radio Shack did sell some by ordering from their web site. 
>         
> >        
> >There is much information on this topic in the Hallicrafters 
> archives,
> point him
> >there.        
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> >FYI: the 'Guest Book' is not the general question area. They need 
> to send
> them
> >to the Tech-Help address, ask on air or join the various qth.net 
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> >
> >----------
> >From: F W Mooney <fmooney at sprintmail.com>
> >To: 'Hallicrafters' <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> >Cc: 'k8sjd at aol.com'
> >Subject: [Hallicrafters] FW: Entry to Guestbook
> >Date: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:03 AM
> >
> >This was posted on the guestbook at the HCI web site.  Can anyone 
> help
> Maurice
> >out?
> >
> >----------
> >From:         Maurice Davidson[SMTP:k8sjd at aol.com]
> >Sent:         Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:23 PM
> >Subject:         Entry to Guestbook
> >
> >You have a new entry in your guestbook:
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> >------------------------------------------------------
> >I own a S-53-A RCVR. Needs to have 60 inches of band cord to 
> restring
> tuning and
> >fine tuning, where can I get some?
> >Tnx
> >Maurice Davidson <k8sjd at aol.com>
> >W.Bloomfield, MI USA - Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at 20:23:18 
> (EDT)
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