HW-7 VFO COIL QUESTION

[Ed Richards]

Try cutting a rubber band and threading it through the coil. Then
reinstall the slug. Worked for me.
Regards,
Ed Richards



On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 01:52:28 -0400 Greg Heath <KB2QQM at EMAIL.MSN.COM>
writes:
>    I have an old HW-7 I am trying to tune up.  "L13" the
>VFO coil and some of the other slug tuned coils(15m, 20m,
>and 40m triplers and doublers) are sliding around in their
>shafts a little too easily giving me a hard time in setting
>them correctly.  Other than finding 'new' ones, is there
>anything I can do to make them a little more sluggish,
>without affecting their operation or making a mess.  If new
>ones are the only alternative, can anyone suggest a source.
>I have checked "dans small parts".  I do have a junk hw-7 I
>am using for parts, but would like to save myself the
>unsoldering mess if I can.  thanks for  your help.  Greg.
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