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

[k0ewu at juno.com]

There is a good fix -if you have a fiberglass 1/4 in rod available.
use that to make a new shaft. Use carbide tool in your lathe to cut down
the shaft.
the original is quite often broken when picking up the rcvr holding the
front panel 
against your chest-belly- and the knob catches on your belt!
jack

On Wed, 03 May 2006 12:41:32 -0400 Roy Morgan <roy.morgan at nist.gov>
writes:
> 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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