Hello Emile,
On Sunday, January 15, 2017, you wrote:
> Hi
>
> I recently stripped my Collins 30L-1 for some basic maintenance and
> cleaning.
>
> I was stupid enough to remove both of the adjustment knobs on the tuning
> capacitors without taking note of the position of the variable capacitor
> vanes.
>
> It's obviously very easy to line up the adjustment knob for the loading
> capacitor seeing as the capacitor has a stop at the minimum and maximum
> positions.
>
> However, the tuning capacitor does not have any stops.
>
> My question is this: when refitting the adjustment knob on the tuning
> variable capacitor, where must the variable capacitor vanes be placed? Are
> the vanes fully meshed or completely unmeshed at the lowest frequency tuning
> position (fully counter clockwise)?
>
> The loading variable capacitor is fully meshed at its minimum setting (fully
> counter clockwise).
>
> I realize now that I should have paid closer attention to this before diving
> in and disassembling the amplifier. I assumed that this information would
> be in the service manual, but it is not.
>
> Regards
>
> Emile
> ZS6V
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If you get no response on the Amps forum someone on this forum is sure
to know:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/collins_radios/info
If you still can't find the info I can look inside my own 30L-1 when I
get back in a couple of weeks Good luck 2E0ILY
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Best regards,
Chris mailto:chris@chriswilson.tv
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