[Milsurplus] RBM Usage and restoration

[Rob Flory]

Right on, Gene.  If there were ever a time  to apply the principle of "if
it ain't broke, don't fix it", this is one.
RF

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM, ersmar <ersmar at verizon.net> wrote:

> I worked with a grizzled electronics tech who had a saying, "The more you
> leave it alone the better it works."
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Joe Connor via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: 11/07/2016 12:28 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Rob Flory <farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com>,milsurplus <
> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RBM Usage and restoration
>
>
> If my trimmers are OK, I guess I should forego tempting fate by doing an
> RF alignment, right? Sensitivity is pretty good right now.
>
> Joe Connor
>
>
> On Monday, November 7, 2016 10:49 AM, Rob Flory <
> farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> The trimmer problem has been discussed extensively with respect to the RBS
> receiver which is the same.  If I remember right, a press-fit bushing
> cracks and the shaft gets pushed endwise by the wiper spring.  I shifted
> the rotor and soldered the bushing.
>
> RF out
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 9:52 AM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Tell me more about this trimmer  problem... I had  not heard about this....
>
> Ed#  www.smecc.org
>
> RBM suffers from the same issue with the trimmer variables' rotor shifting
> endwise and shorting out the capacitor.
>
>
>
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