[Premium-Rx] Hamlin relays

[Terry O'Laughlin]

Hamlin no longer makes relays.  They now make liquid crystal 
displays.  They are located about 20 east of here in Lake Mills, 
Wisconsin.  They donated all their remaining stock to the technical college 
where I teach.  We have Hamlin relays coming out of our ears.  I'm not sure 
which stock numbers but I can check in two weeks when the college reopens 
for the Fall.

Best,
Terry O'
WB9GVB

At 02:59 PM 8/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All
>The relay in question is a Hamlin type HE321C1200. It's a circuit board 
>mounted reed relay with, in my case anyway, a yellow covered central coil 
>marked with the part number and the glass enclosed reed mounted inside that.
>I assumed at first that the problem was tarnished contacts but it seems 
>like it might be more mechanical and possibly due to some distortion even 
>though the glass was unbroken. I found that slight pressure on the NC lead 
>would restore contact. A bit more pressure than intended and the lead bent.
>I thought I might have finished it off completely but it started to work 
>ok again!!
>We all need a birt of luck sometime:-)
>
>I don't know if these relays were used in other models but thought I would 
>share the experience just in case it does prove useful to anyone else.
>
>As far as I can tell this relay is now obsolete....
>there's a surprise:-)
>I haven't checked fully yet but a search on the Hamlin site earler seemed 
>to indicate that one US distributor at least had around 6,000 in stock. 
>That seems to good to be true, and might be, but I'll try and contact them 
>later and confirm that it is the same relay.
>If anyone's interested contact me off list and I'll pass on whatever 
>information I get.
>
>regards
>
>Nigel
>G8PZR
>
>PS
>Once it's up and running it's one heck of a nice radio:-)
>
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