[TenTec] CorsairII notch potentiometer

[Michael Tortorella]

Hi all,
The following messages relevant to this thread were just posted to the
Heathkit reflector:

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:28:08 +0000
From: "W. Harris" <nbcblue at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HW-101 Mic/CW pot
To: Heathkit Reflector <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
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Check with Mark Oppat at: http://www.oldradioparts.net/controls.html

He can make up just about any control combo.

Bill - K5MIL
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:08:34 -0500
From: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HW-101 Mic/CW pot
To: Mike <noddy1211 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: 'Heathkit' <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
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Mike:

Check out Mouser and Digikey. Some of the resistor manufacturers make pot
kits. You buy the elements that you need and snap them together.  
Also try this link:  
http://www.ultrawebb.com/OHP/parts.pl?page=TP-HW100-101%20Parts.htm

                 73,
                 Bob WB2VUF
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I hope these can be of some help.
73
Mike W2IY


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Charles P. Steinmetz
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:23 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CorsairII notch potentiometer

Neal wrote:

> > Are we talking about potentiometers, or just generally? It's alway
> > been
> > my understanding that the cleaner-lubricant formula for a pot is
> > totally different from other cleaner-lubricants ... switches for
> > example.

Geoff wrote:

>There were well over 200,000 hits, with all the ones I looked at,
>people happy with the results.

We have had unfortunate results with Caig switch, precious metal, and 
fader products.  This suggests the problem may be more with the 
carrier (solvent) than with the "goo" (residue), but that is only
speculation.

I would hazard a guess that many of the happy people expressed their 
opinion soon after using it for the first time.  Indeed, there are 
lots of things one can squirt into switches and pots that will 
seemingly improve things for a short time (including molasses, which 
some TV techs of a bygone century mixed with oil and used to 
"recondition" potentiometers -- much like auto mechanics putting 
sawdust in manual transmissions to quiet them down).  Technicians who 
work on equipment that just passes through may remain happy even if 
they use a lot of it, because they don't see the equipment afterwards 
or do not correlate the experience if they do.  There may also be 
heavy users that are just lucky (they only use it on a few different 
brands/models of controls with which it happens to be 
compatible).  However, people who have used Caig products month in 
and month out on a stable of equipment, and have tracked its 
long-term effects, often seem to develop a different opinion.

Best regards,

Charles




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