[Hallicrafters] RELAY CLEANING QUESTION TO ALL - RESULTS!

[greg mijal]

Hey guys!!

Thanks for all the tips. Really.

I did more work tonight and more or less unscrabled the relay's
mechanical brain by a combination of more de-ox, burnishing and a
micro-bend to one of the tiny switch levers.
I can't believe that this relay is so touchy but it is.  Now I know why
we so rarely bump into a NCX 5 on the air these days. The receiver is
pulling in 20m like a dream.  It's got a 2.8 khz filter so the SSB audio
is very natural sounding.  Very similar to my sx101a with the filter on
wide.  AM is nice too.
If the karma stays with me that little booger should be checking into
this Sunday's nets.
73's Greg WA7LYO
in sunny feenix