[Hallicrafters] Relay Cleaning Question to all

[rbethman]

Give a shot at using a crisp dollar bill drawn between the closed contacts

Bob - N0DGN

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From: "greg mijal" <bmw at sonalink.com>
To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Relay Cleaning Question to all


> Hello glowbugs!!!
> 
> I got a good question for you.
> 
> It's not about Hallicrafters stuff but it's close.
> 
> I got a NCX 5 very close to completion of repairs but do a have a bug.
> That stinky little tr relay, which I have tuned to mechanical perfection
> and de-oxed the whiz out of, still acts like it has some crud on it.
> That is, sometimes it causes squiggly audio out of the receiver and loss
> of RIT control.
> I've tried scrubbing bubbles, tlc, deoxit and TNT but nothing seems to
> really peneatrate the crud on the little ball-heads of the contacts.
> Can someone recommend a procedure or products that can non-destructively
> clear it out? Perhaps something like a long term soak?  I have the last
> known semi operational NCX 5 tr relay in the known universe and would
> just love to get the Malden, Mass Monster back on the air.
> 73's Greg WA7LYO
> in sunny Feenix (snowed yesterday)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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