[Hammarlund] phasing control for SP-400's and 200's

[Roy Morgan]

At 11:22 AM 5/3/2006, you wrote:
>I have seen several SP 400's and 200's with missing or broken crystal
>phasing controls recently, is this a hard to find item? Are there modern
>equivalents that will work?

That is the weak point on those radios: the one quarter inch phenolic shaft 
is turned down to half that diameter and pinned into the shaft of the 
capacitor.  They break VERY easily.

Making a new shaft would not be too hard, but it would be as weak as the 
old one.

Roy



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