[Milsurplus] Hot PE-73 relay redux

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Does it stick up too high/wide to get the lid back on?

DD

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On Aug 15, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Laura and Jim wrote:

> At Dennis W7QHO's recommendation, I dropped a golf cart starting  
> solenoid in there and it works well enough to get me on the air.  
> Runs cool, but doesn't match the mounting. Good band-aid, though.
>
> I opened up the coil and it's a masterpiece of simplicity - big 1/2  
> inch square copper contacts driven by a fat scramble-wound coil  
> wound on a bobbin. Looks to be ~#26 wire; 2 wires wound parallel and  
> parts of it were pretty crispy. The progressive short theory looks  
> to have been correct. Should be a simple fix once I get the new  
> wire. I have a new 15# roll of #20 that I may try just because it's  
> handy.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jim Falls
> K6FWT
> Eureka, CA
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