You will be pleased to know that you are not alone! My Paragon has the
same adjustable drag feature, but there was no mention of it in the
instruction manual. It even took me a while to discover that the set
screw for removing the tuning knob is under the rubber tire on the knob.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
WA3FIY wrote:
>
>
> Not stumped.....stump, as in "I must be dumber than a stump, or
> else I was sleeping in class that day". I have a remote pod on
> my Pegasus and find I use it quite a bit. One thing I do [did] not
> like about it was the lack of drag on the encoder. Just breathe
> on it and it would turn. So...............not wanting a little thing
> like
> that get me down, I decided to put a felt washer under the knob
> and adjust the fit for a little drag.
>
> With tools and felt in hand, I remove the knob and guess what I
> found? A felt washer already in place? No, something even
> better. I found that the fine folks at Ten Tec built in a really
> clever ADJUSTABLE drag mechanism. It uses a couple felt pads
> dragging against a smooth mylar [or similar] washer attached to
> the panel.
>
> This is really slick! All one has to do is hold the satin chrome
> skirt of the knob while turning the rubber covered portion one
> direction or the other. Turning clockwise increases the drag and
> of course turning counter clockwise reduces the drag! Mine was
> at full counter clockwise position.
>
> Am I the only person in the world that did not know about this
> neat feature? Thought so.......................
>
> -73-
>
> -Lee-
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