Shoot some DeOxit on a small rag or cotton ball, run the coil end-to-end
several times with the rag firmly applied. I have to do this periodically on
my two HFT-1500 tuners to keep the roller inductors from getting flakey.
73, Jerry W5KP
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From: <K8fu@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:14 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] Hook-In-Mouth
> For all of you out there that have tuners with roller inductors I put to
you
> my dilema.
> Bought a roller inductor tuner at a hamfest last weekend. While the unit
> appears almost new the SWR jumps all over the place while moving the
inductor.
> From what I can see the only two possible explanations are that the
tension
> springs that hold the roller to the coil are weak or the coil is in
desperate
> need of cleaning. Since that appears to be the easiest remedy I thought I
> would start there.
> Can anyone advise me the best way to clean the inductor coil ?? (C-4 is
not
> an option)
>
> Tnx Mark K8FU
>
>
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