[TenTec] How handle DUST?

[Reg Unsworth]

Get a wife?  You're kidding - that's a hell of an expensive way to keep the 
gear clean.  It would be cheaper just to get a new rig each time ;>)

Reg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kw9t at arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] How handle DUST?


> My wife is frequently dusting in the shack (using a microfiber dust rag)
> with an occasional spritz of Windex on the rag. I'm always telling her to
> watch out for the rocker switches and worried she might damage somethng 
> like
> the LCD screen on the Orion.. Little did I know how helpful she is being.
> There is never any dust on the Orion II, the 238B tuner or the Titan III
> cases.
>
> Conclusion: Get a wife or a housekeeper, but be careful of those rocker
> switches and screens!
>
> Alan, KW9T
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT at charter.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How handle DUST?
>
>
>> would a vacuum cleaner help?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gregory J. Knapp" <gknapp at freshrain.org>
>> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:57 AM
>> Subject: [TenTec] How handle DUST?
>>
>>
>>>I need some advice on something that is pretty basic.
>>>
>>> I have a new Orion, but find the dust buildup on the outside of the 
>>> black
>>> case really shows up.
>>>
>>> How do you handle the dust buildup on your Orion (same goes for the
>>> Centurion, but it isn't on very often)!
>>>
>>> I have my Orion turned on and listening most of the day (6:30 a.m. until
>>> 11:00 p.m.), so a dust cover wouldn't help much (it would cover it only
>>> about 7 hours a day).
>>>
>>> Do you just wipe it off every few days with a damp cloth? How do you 
>>> dust
>>> and yet preserve the surface of the case (over time) and not drag the
>>> dust
>>> into all the slots?
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Greg, N6GK
>>
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