For regular sized pots, look for the RV4 types, for minatures look for
RV6 types at Mouser and Digi-Key.
Cramolin makes a special cleaner for pots saying DeoxIT may soften the
carbon layer. I've not used anything but DeoxIT though but so far I've
been able to replace noisy pots.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
On 5/27/2010 3:09 PM, Bwana Bob wrote:
> You're welcome. I have the dead receiver problem, too, but transmitting
> into a dummy load for a few seconds on the affected band always
> corrects it.
>
> The pots on my Paragon periodically become scratchy and need to be
> cleaned. I think that Ten Tec just used cheap pots in the Paragon.
> Really good potentiometers like the old Allen Bradley, Clarostat, and
> Centralab are hard to find, especially in a miniature size.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
> Ben Hall wrote:
>> On 5/26/2010 10:13 PM, Bwana Bob wrote:
>>> The front panel is on hinges. Take off the top and bottom covers. There
>>> will be a screw on each side of the front panel. Remove these 2 screws
>>> and the panel will swing down, giving you access to the pots. Be careful
>>> not to put any strain on the potentiometer leads, or the phenolic on the
>>> back of the pot will break.
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> THANKS MUCH for posting this! Last night I was able to get a little
>> Deoxit into the RF gain pot but was really struggling with how I was
>> going to access the other pots. This will make it much easier and I
>> really appreciate it!
>>
>> thanks much and 73,
>> ben, kd5byb
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