[HBR] 898 Dial set up questions???

[William Wood]

Greetings Folks
    I had a thought that you people might be able to set me straight  
on.  With Ted's design, he seemed to favor the dial placed on the  
left hand side.  This is probably due to the placement of the overall  
parts efficiency and circuit flow, with the oscillator section over  
there on the left.  I sent off for the Eddystone 898 slide rule dial  
and that of course places the heart of the receiver in the middle.
    The question I had was in my junking over the years, I've run  
across a few belt drives for copy machines and scanners.  Some of  
this material seems very strong, and you should be able to have your  
cake and eat it too, why not place the oscillator section where Ted  
wanted it, and set up a chain or belt mechanism between the dial and  
the cap?
    OR, would like to know what the differences were in the center  
dial set up was.  Seems it worked well with the HBR 13C, and at least  
so far I did not catch the caveats of the center drive over the left  
hand drive...   I'm still in the gathering part of the build, so  
plenty of time for reading and daydreaming.  Wanna help me along in  
that department???   : )
73
Bill



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