<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div>When I have had missing shields, I have used Heavy Duty aluminum foil.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">If you use liquid shoe polish, BLACK, and paint the inside, it works well.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The shoe polish helps attract the heat and the bare aluminum radiates it very well.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Cheap solution to a problem.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Jerry Lofstead</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">W3CDE</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Atlanta, GA<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kenneth G. Gordon
<kgordon2006@frontier.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Robert Myers <rsmyers@rogers.com>; heath@puck.nether.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 23, 2013 7:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Heath] SB-401 driver tube shield missing<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On 23 Dec 2013 at 3:42, Robert Myers wrote:<br><br>> Can someone please tell me where I can get a replacement 6CL6 shield<br>> that will fit properly into this bottom part?<br><br>I have several here. I can send you one.<br><br>BTW, Garey mentioned the fact that some rigs specifically do not use that <br>top portion of the shield due to the heat factor, and he is correct.<br><br>However, for the SB-401, the manual, on page 101, specifically says to <br>install one.<br><br>So, for the SB-401, follow the manual.<br><br>Send me your mailing
address.<br><br>I recommend your painting both the inside and the outside with flat-black <br>paint, but leave a "ring" around the bottom-inside unpainted so that it makes <br>good electrical contact at the base. I used a bit of tape to mask it off for <br>mine.<br><br>Ken Gordon W7EKB<br>_______________________________________________<br>Heath mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Heath@puck.nether.net" href="mailto:Heath@puck.nether.net">Heath@puck.nether.net</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>