Dial Cord & SB-101

[Ed Richards]

Mark;

Go to your friendly sporting goods store and get some braided leader with
a fiberglass core. I got 25' for $1.50. It happened to be yellow. I know
heathkits like green but it works. Won't stretch, either. Good luck.

Ed Richards

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:29:09 -0500 Mark Johnson/Ontario/IBM
<mjohnson at CA.IBM.COM> writes:
> Hello Heath Team!
>
> My repair/restoration of the SB-101 from Hell is continuing on and
> my next
> task is to locate some old fashioned Dial Cord String.
>
> My latest Sb-101 problem was a transmit problem. Intermittently, the
> finals
> would HEAT UP and I actually blew one of the 6146's. Turns out the
> LOAD
> variable cap was intermittently shorting to ground. The reason; The
> drive
> belt puts too much tension on the long shaft (you know the old
> leverage
> rules) and over time, the shaft bent ever so slightly and the plates
> shorted!! Further, I have a later copy of the HW-101 manual and in
> it,
> there is an addendum that has you remove that belt and go back to
> the dial
> cord string solution. I can see why from first hand experience.....
>
> Anyway, where can I get some dial cord, OR is there some alternative
> solution like strong thread, string, whatever?????
>
> Thanks Team!
>
> Mark V. Johnson
> VE3DJU
>
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