[HBR] [Glowbugs] WTB Eddistone dial mechanism : )

[Robert Fish]

Hi Guys,

Wrong item number. I think this is it. 320534502731. There is an extra 5 
in there.

Bob  K6GGO
>  
> Those Eddystone dials aren't rare, they show up on the watery auction place 
>  and at hamfests regularly. Ebay has one now, item 32053402731.
>  
> They may seem expensive, but remember they cost $21.50 new back in the  
> late 1960s. The dial is just the beginning, however; to get the most out of a  
> classic HBR you need a good tuning capacitor and the special shaft coupler  
> (Millen 39016).
>  
> The bandspread/bandset idea can work but it involves a major redesign of  
> the receiver front end, mechanically and electrically. The bandset variable  
> condenser will have to be a very small one, too.
>  
> One alternative solution is to use the capacitor/dial drive from a 6-9 Mc.  
> ARC-5 (BC-455). It's a three-section high quality capacitor with built-in  
> gear-reduction drive that's about 50 turns stop to stop. 62 uuf per section. 
>  Using one means a mechanical redesign of the front end of the HBR, but so 
> does  the bandset/bandspread idea.
>  
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/21/2010 12:34:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> ke9xq at charter.net writes:
>
> I put a  smilie face after my want, because I'm fairly sure there are not 
> too many of  these guys running around at the moment.  But I would settle for 
> a good  second best,  8:1 is about the best I have right now, and 55:1 is  
> probably only to dream about.  I've been playing with an idea of a band  
> setting cap, then the 8:1 might be OK, if I am only aiming at a smaller  
> portion of the band.  Anyone play with that idea for the HBR XX series???  
>
>
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