[Heath] AR-3 - another question

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

>From the wording in the assembly manual, it would appear that the 
main-tuning capacitor has built-in planetary reduction gearing, yet none of the 
three receivers I have here exhibit that "feature". Tuning of the main-tuning 
dial is direct and very fast.

In the past, I have seen such capacitors in which the reduction gearing was 
"frozen", and by judicious application of some proper lubrication, this could be 
"reactivated".

So, did the AR-3's main tuning capacitor in fact originally include planetary 
reduction gearing?

Ken W7EKB