[R-390] Kilocycle Dial Tightness (after cleanup)

Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:34:13 -0500

I have less then I can steady the gauge on the left rack,  (looks like zero)
The tuning knob has about 1/3 of a degree play, before everything moves.
I cant tell,
-Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: David Wise <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [R-390] Kilocycle Dial Tightness (after cleanup)


>Joe wrote:
>> 
>> I can now can use one finger to tune Kilocycle's I also 
>> feel the counter
>> rolling now.
>> Is this Spec or to loose ?
>
>I'm happy for you and trying not to be
>too envious.  Mine's pretty smooth, but
>it takes a stiff finger to do that.
>
>You might want to check for backlash.
>Put a dial indicator on the leftmost
>rack.  Tune one way.  How far do you
>have to go the other way before
>the rack moves again?  I went to some
>lengths to minimize this and I get
>around 15kHz.
>
>73,
>Dave Wise
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