dial string slippage
 

any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack

jwb wrote:

any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack


The common cures:

1. Make sure all the parts are turning smoothly.
2. If it uses a tension spring make sure the cord is adjusted correctly
to where the spring serves its purpose in maintaining the correct tension.
3. If its the type of drive where the cord does several laps around a
small shaft, make sure that its clean and not gummed up.
4. Cord could be worn out, glazed over so-to-speak.
5. Apply some rosin (music store) or even smear some contact cement
(lightly of course) to the string as a temporary fix.

-Bill

Try some rosin. They sell it at sports supply shops.
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any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack

jwb wrote:
any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?

New dial cord?
AES stocks the stuff.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

jwb wrote:

any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack

Rub a little beeswax on the cord. It works great!

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jwb wrote:
any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack

I used to use some rosin from a baseball rosin bag.

- Mike KB3EIA -

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:58:06 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:

jwb wrote:
any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?
thanks jack

I used to use some rosin from a baseball rosin bag.

- Mike KB3EIA -

So do I, however I make a paste mixture of the rosin and a small
amount of nail polish remover. Applying the paste to the dial cord
usually solves the problem.

Ish

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jwb wrote:
any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?

New dial cord?
AES stocks the stuff.
--scott

Bob as in Bob's Capacitors has several diameters of new dial cord
also... he had them at Lansing this weekend....
John k9uwa

You know you are a real anchor-ologist when you've changed the dial
string in your Drake 2-B so many times that you've become proficient at
the procedure.
73 Bill N2CQR M0HBR
http://planeta.clix.pt/n2cqr

John Goller, k9uwa wrote:
In article , says...


jwb wrote:
any good remedies for dial string slipping on tube receivers?

New dial cord?
AES stocks the stuff.
--scott

Bob as in Bob's Capacitors has several diameters of new dial cord
also... he had them at Lansing this weekend....
John k9uwa