You can buy stick-on material very much like the stuff on the older
Tentecs. I believe one brand name is Mactac. I have used this on some of
my homebrew projects to make them match the Omni C.
73, Dave, VE1ADH
On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, JEFF S JOHNSON wrote:
>
> Years ago I remember reading an article in QST, I think it was on home
> brew Amps. Talked about an acid bath to give the aluminum a nice matt
> finish like the T*T gear has on the inside and on the front of Tritons
> etc. Anyone know how to do this without damaging the silk screen
> lettering? Also on the top of Triton and the older Omni's I'd like to
> replace the vinyl. One good idea I got is to just paint it with black
> wrinkle paint. Anyone tried this or have a better idea?
>
> I don't think anything sounds better than an old T*T on CW and keyed with
> a properly set up and operated bug. I was reminded of this yesterday in
> another post about CW, here's a sight to help set up your ol' bug and
> maybe find the sweet spot you never could seem to get
> http://fohnix.metronet.com/~nmcewen/bug_adjust.html after using this set
> up and a bit of fine tuning my bug came right to life, I used some
> ignition point feeler gauges.
>
> Jeff aa8ve --- proud Ten*Tec owner
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