At 01:49 PM 9/25/00 +0100, Peter Chadwick wrote:
>
>Rich says;
>
>>How about a screw driver slot for the bandswitch instead of a knob?
>
>This would appear to be a fairly common problem. Is the switch in the
standard
>SB220 switch so easy to turn that it's not noticeable that it's not a
capacitor?
>If so, some sort of stronger spring in the switch indexing mechanism might be
>worthwhile.
The detent spring is fairly soft, but the main reason is a triumph of
aesthetics over ergonomics -- the three knobs in question on the SB-220 are
all exactly the same. A simple fix is to replace the bandswitch knob with
one that is a distinctively different shape.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
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