Dial belts

[Ed Richards]

Me too, Paul;

I have seen several SB-XXX with dial cord instead of belts. All worked
fine. Maybe a factory change?

Cotton fishing line and a small coil spring works great. Probably won't
deteriorate as fast as rubber, either.

73,
Ed Richards


On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:05:49 -0500 "Paul K. Dean"
<wb9hgz at CHARLOTTESVILLE.NET> writes:
> A lot of discussion concerning drive belts as of late.  Thought I'd
> offer
> an interesting "fix" I witnessed.  Bought an SB-100 a while back and
> the
> previous owner had "re-strung" the drives using dial cord.  Just
> like you
> would a dial in the old Hallicrafters and many others.  Made a
> couple of
> turns around the pulleys and tensioned it.
>
> Seems to work great, so I left it alone.  Probably upset the
> "purist", but
> by golly, it works!
>
> Never underestimate the genius of a Ham!
>
> 73,
> Paul, wb9hgz
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