Piled high in front of me and consumed with a few Abita Golden 807's, Art.
:-)
> Dale - Wow! - How do you like your crawfish?
> Art K5FNQ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Traps and traps - dipping again into
> the poolofknowledge
>
>
> >
> > Art,
> >
> > I'm not sure what trap A is, but there should definitely be a coil
> > inside; just not visible with the cover in place.
> >
> > There is a rivet or screw at one end of the cover which
> attaches the
> > cover to the element making the cover one plate of the
> capacitor of the trap.
> >
> > Remove the rivet and you can slide off the cover exposing
> the complete
> > aluminum tubing-insulator with coil-aluminum tubing assembly.
> >
> > Read the notes I put together when I refurbished one of my
> A3's a few
> > years ago. It's still up in the air and working FB.
> >
> > http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u/a3refurb.txt
> >
> > 73 and good luck
> >
> > Dale, kg5u
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Attempted to take down a Trap A (this is on a Cushcraft
> A-3 with the
> >> 40 meter add on) No coil in the trap as far as I can see.
> >>
> >> Removed the end caps. Plastic parts on each end fitting into the
> >> circular trap, with the element going through the middle with one
> >> part screwed to the outside portion of the trap.
> >> I can move the element and one plastic end but the other will not
> >> come out.
> >> But, when I look in I do not see any wire coil as expected.....
> >>
> >
> >
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