On May 18, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Jim Vohland wrote:
First off, I would like to thank the serval who have offered
information in my quest to get the 505 back on the air. I just
obtained this little gem at Dayton this past weekend. My first
project is to get the dial string rewound. I downloaded the manual
from the ten tec obsolete manuals area and have discovered that the
download has the wrong instructions for rewinding the dial. Page 3-1
gives the procedure and refers to a "spring" and how to re-cord with
the spring. Only thing is, the 505 does not have a spring. It uses a
combination of stretch cord and dacron.
Does anyone have a manual for the 505 with the correct procedure.
Just would like to read it.
I don't have a 505 so I can't tell you for sure, but the 509 manual
has the instructions. When I did mine, I was lucky it was still strung
and I cheated. I tied a new stretch cord into the the loop around the
dial pointer in the old cord, ran it around the pulleys and fastened
it under the screw at the other end. I did make more work for myself
by removing the screw at the far end, removing the crimp on connector
used to hold it on, and putting the screw back.
Once I was sure I had it done properly, I cut the old cord off.
I found this web page very helpful. http://www.earlandrews.com/argonaut5.html
73 and good luck.
Geoff.
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