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Subject: [TowerTalk] TIC Problems Buzz
From: w9ja@contesting.com (W9JA Paul Hellenberg)
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 11:36:30 -0500
Yes John and Tim

I bought 5 of the New pots for TIC to fix lightening damage and for
some stock.  

73 Paul W9JA/4 Today


>I called TIC yesterday (1-800-TIC-RING) and we played phone tag
>today but they left a message saying that they had gone to a 
>Bourns pot and found it to be more reliable and would send me
>one out at no charge.  (No model number in the phone message.)
>
>Will be interesting to see how the Bourns unit holds up--looks like
>the problem may be the side force from the springiness of the sheet
>metal that is used to provide a constant pressure on the (fine-toothed)
>gears.  I don't think the Clarostat is very happy with the amount
>of side preload.
>
>73  John  W0UN
>
>
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