[R-390] Removing Megacycle Change shaft

Renee K6FSB k6fsb.1 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 10 11:22:06 EDT 2026


we will have to learn to live with AI junk, big business has forced it 
down our throats and the general public has been told they like it..and 
believe it!
no more thinking for ourselves
Renée
ps Barry - envelope in the mail....

On 7/10/26 7:41 AM, Barry via R-390 wrote:
> I now see where turning off "Smart Features" may have disabled other features like spell check, etc.  Not a big deal for me but we'll see how that goes.
>
> 73,
> Barry - N4BUQ
>
>> Ok Barry,
>> I was having the same type of problems when I was reading the messages from my
>> iPhone.
>> The solution was to turn the "Apple Intelligence" OFF.
>>
>> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net <r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net> De la part de
>> Barry via R-390
>> Envoyé : 10 juillet 2026 10:18
>> À : Barry <n4buq at knology.net>
>> Cc : Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca>; R-390 Mailing List
>> <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Objet : Re: [R-390] Removing Megacycle Change shaft
>>
>> I tried turning off "Smart features" and that seems to have stopped it.  For
>> now...
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry - N4BUQ
>>
>>> It's on my Windows machine with a Chrome browser.  I think there's a
>>> clickable item at the top of some of the newer posts that I think can
>>> cause it to display the AI stuff; however, when I started the GMail
>>> session this morning to read new messages, the first one in this
>>> thread automatically displayed a rather long "AI overview" of the
>>> "conversation".  I find that somewhat annoying and would rather not see the
>>> "noise".
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Barry - N4BUQ
>>>
>>>> Hi Barry, on what ?
>>>> A iPhone ?
>>>> Jack14 iPhone 16e
>>>>
>>>> Le 10 juill. 2026 à 09:23, Barry Scott via R-390
>>>> <r-390 at mailman.qth.net> a écrit
>>>> :
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to turn off the AI summary at the top of the messages?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Barry - N4BUQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 8:28 AM rochep--- via R-390
>>>> <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Awesome!! Will be a miracle if I get this thing back together again
>>>>> and working! (Like it was before I ripped it apart to replace a MHz
>>>>> gear clamp that would have been EASY to replace if I knew the clamp
>>>>> was on the
>>>>> outside!)
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca>
>>>>> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
>>>>> To: rochep at comcast.net <rochep at comcast.net>; r-390 at mailman.qth.net <
>>>>> r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Subject: RE: [R-390] Removing Megacycle Change shaft
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Paul,
>>>>> 1_ Clamp faces OUT.
>>>>> 2_ MHz gear mates with the INNER gear of the differential.
>>>>>
>>>>> See pictures.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
>>>>>
>>>>> A quick question for gear re-assemblers. For the MHZ gear (on MHZ
>>>>> shaft) Chapter 10 of manual says the clamp faces IN when assembling
>>>>> (page 10-15) but another section of Chapter 10 shows the clamp
>>>>> facing OUT. Chapter
>>>>> 6.3.19 also says the MHZ gear clamp faces OUT.
>>>>> I ask because when the clamp is facing IN I am unable to merge the
>>>>> gear with the INNER gear of that big “differential assembly” (which
>>>>> uses the detent spring).  Regardless of clamp in or clamp out, does
>>>>> the MHZ gear merge with the OUTERMOST gear of that differential
>>>>> assembly (as does that small gear just above the MHZ gear) or does
>>>>> the MHz gear merge with the INNER gear of the differential assembly?
>>>>> It looks to be inner from the pictures, but hard to tell for sure.
>>>>> Paul
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