[JMS] I have a Millen VFO !!

[Don Buska]

Hi Ronnie,

The Variarm Arm should be rather easy to duplicate.  It's simply a shaft 
collar with one threaded hole to lock it to the shaft.  The actual arm 
could be a long screw that is the same as the hole threading, probably 
6-32.  At the finger end of the arm you could probably use a radio knob 
of some sort with a 1/8" shaft.  You could cover the arm with some black 
tubing to hide the threading of the arm.  If the arm is completely gone 
the colar could probably be made using a normal 1/4" shaft couple.

Did you check the shiping box good to make sure it didn't fall off in 
shipping?  Since the arm is screwed into the collar it is the means of 
holding the collar onto the capacitors shaft.  They are very easy to 
remove and even during normal use a person must be careful not to twist 
the arm so it doesn't loosen the collar.

Perhaps Ralph over at James Millen Electronics might have these arm 
assemblies in stock.

On the 90711 VFO I often don't even use the Variarm.  The tuning dial is 
used by itself.

73

Don N9OO

ronnie.hull wrote:
> this one is a 90700 model. The more I sit and look at it the more discouraged 
> I become. The little swing arm is broken off. Looking at the left front 
> corner of the variable section there is a shaft of some sort that comes out 
> of the top unit and goes down through a grommet that is missing, just an 
> empty grommet.  Something is rattling around inside and I have not had the 
> time to take the plate off. Will do that tonight.
>
> so, sounds like a total rebuild.  Finding that little swing arm will be a 
> bear I'm sure.
>
> but.. the price was right..  FREE
>
> Ronnie
>
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:25:29 -0600, Don Buska wrote
>   
>> That I couldn't tell you Bob.  However, sometimes people don't 
>> realize that both Millen VFO's have the Variarm adjustment.  The 
>> Variarm on the 90711 just gets lost on the front panel with all 
>> those controls.
>>
>> Hey Bob, is the WD2XSH/19 an experimental call for LF work?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Don N9OO
>>
>> Bob Roehrig wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Don Buska wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Have a "swinging" good time with the VFO Ronnie.
>>>>         
>>> That reminds me: Do I remember correctly that one of the LM type freq 
>>> meters have a 3 or 4 inch long rod (actually an extended set screw) 
>>> that came out of the "corrector" knob for easier adjustment?
>>>
>>>
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