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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi, folks,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Well, finally after a two-month ‘break’ to fix up our (now) nice retirement QTH and move in, I finally had a chance to try out my kit-built tennis-ball antenna launcher. Works great, but you gotta aim right. Even though my 80-metre loop is up, the bottom apex is just a few feet off the lawn. At least I can tune it and get some sort of signal out HIHI.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>About the ‘104. It runs all right, but the VFO seems to tune a bit funny. I can go across a signal, but sometimes the digits (frequency) jumps a bit. I tried to adjust the VFO output before I packed it up and thought I had it right. Well, no I guess not. The manual gives some information on how to adjust the trimmer inside the access hole on the side of the VFO can, but I can’t seem to nail the output correctly. Once you get to a frequency, it doesn’t drift. But getting there can be a bit of a wobbly tuning exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Anyone have some similar experience and a possible fix they can share?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Sandy AC1Y<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Alexander N. (Sandy) Gerli<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>'Corgi Cottage'<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>548 Allred Mill Road<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mount Airy, NC 27030-2202<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>919-625-7181<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>A Scotsmen walks about 900 miles each year<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Scotsmen drink about 40 gallons of whisky each year<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Scotsmen get about 25 miles per gallon<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>