Heath LMO question

FRED HOLNAGEL w7prv at TELEPORT.COM
Sat May 16 11:03:45 EDT 2009


Hi all. When I was doing RFI sheilding of entire buildings in Alaska, there
was a compound that contained silver. Seems it was very expensive and no
idea where a small tube might be available. Fred W7PRV


> [Original Message]
> From: Glen Zook <gzook at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
> Date: 5/16/2009 6:35:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] Heath LMO question
>
> Basically you need to clean out all of the old lubricant around the
tuning shaft that has hardened over the years.  Replace it with a good
quality lubricant preferably with some sort of electrical conduction in it.
>
> What you are seeing is VERY common in the old LMOs.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> --- On Thu, 5/14/09, hudlerb1 at netzero.com <hudlerb1 at NETZERO.COM> wrote:
>
> Has anyone had success in repairing a noisy LMO (tube type) - that is
"scuzzy" when turning the dial. I would believe that the variable cap
inside has a lousy moving contact problem.
>  
> Never attempted one before, nothing to lose, I'll pull it apart and give
it a go. Suggestions? We have an arsenal of contact cleaning stuff here.
>
>
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