[HBR] dial assbly

[johnmb]

Hi Lorne,

As much as I dislike paying high EPay prices, I wonder how high
they really are on this stuff. Anyone know what 9 pounds 19 Australian
was worth in dollars in 1962? I'd be willing to wager, that it's probably
near, if not more,  in "real" dollars than what we're paying now for 
this stuff. I marvel at the cost of some of the ham gear and even parts and
pieces back then. 

I think, that given inflation THESE are probably the good old years!

73
John wb5oau/4 


>On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 07:52:32 -0800 "LORNE BARBER"
<lbarber@mail.jetstream.net> wrote.
>Very interesting discussion in the last few days has prompted
>me to add my 2 cents (CDn) worth.
>
>Considering the scarcity of the origional capacitor, is it not
>possible to use a two section capacitor for the pre-select and
>another single section for the osc? This would certainly make
>front end alignment easier.
>This would also allow a little more flexability with dial
>placement and would eliminate the need for the "elevated" sub
>chassis, while making for a lower profile receiver overall. It
>would, however, require a re-arrangement of the major
>components.  This may not be in the true spirit of the HBR, but
>with the difficulty of procuring origional parts it may be
>necessary.
>
>One idea would be to use the drive assbly from a ARC5 unit with
>the origonal capacitor removed and a cap of choice reinstalled.
>This is something I would not do with a good cap. I am not that
>sadistic!  Usually there are  units around which have been
>mutilated anyway so this would be a new lease on life.
>From this point it is quite easy to build a slide rule dial.
>See the radio handbook Seventeenth edition, page 624 for
>details. I used this system on my HB tx. Kees has pictures of
>it on the HBR site.
>
>I like the HRO dial idea.  I think it has lot of merit. It
>should be possible to give the HBR a HRO 50 look with a little
>work.
>As for calibrating it for 1 Khz / div, well in my case anyway,
>life is too short for that.
>
>Of course, all this could be easily solved with some one
>finding a warehouse full of Eddystone dials and making them
>available for say, 15 or 20 dollars each.  There I go dreaming
>again!
>
>73
>Lorne
>VE7BOX
>
>
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