A small felt pad between the knob and the panel usually is a fix for that.
Mike wb8vge
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> On Apr 18, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Neil Martinsen-Burrell
> <neilmartinsenburrell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The resonate knob on my Omni D seems to be falling down on the job. That
> is, when I try to resonate the permeability tuned circuits on anything
> above 40m, the knob spins itself back to near 7 MHz.
>
> I think the mechanism is similar to that in my Argonaut 505 and I imagine
> what is happening is that the weight of the elevator mechanism is too great
> for the friction in the system and it is literally falling down under its
> own weight.
>
> Since I doubt I am the first one to experience this, I wonder what the
> recommended trick is to get the elevator to stay up. <wink, wink> Is there
> a tensioning screw or spring? What is the opposite of lubrication? Do I
> need to put rosin on something?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>
> -Neil
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