[ICOM] Alignment Tools

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
More thoughts:  Radio Shack used to sell dual band 2/70
through-glass antennas.  I found homes for a few.  They
had a tuning adjustment on the inside component.  The tip
of the little plastic tuning tool they included broke very
easly.  I made a tool thus:  Cut a thin brass shim about 1/4
inch long, and thick and wide enough to fit into the tuning
slot.  Fit this shim into the end of a split bamboo chopstick
or a bamboo skewer.  Use Epoxy glue as required.  Tie
with common thread until the glue is done.  Use a small file
to make everything fit into whatever it fits into.  (If it's legal
to use a skewer as a swizzle stick, then it ought to be OK
to make a tuning tool from a skewer.)
73  Clete