[HBR] Hello

[J Ed]

Hi all.

I'm Ed, AE7TE, and I'm interested in building an HBR.

One of the issues I foresee is getting the capacitors. Namely, the
three-section tuning cap. I have thought of building a trombone
capacitor made of brass tubing and a screw mechanism. I'd have to come
up with a way to link it to a tuning shaft - if I used a 2 inch travel
actuated by an 8-32 threaded rod, that would mean 64 turns for full
meshing. It could be possible to reduce it to 8 turns with clever
mechanical arrangement.

I'd also have to make my own IFTs. That's not hard, but needs care.

Ed AE7TE