[TenTec] CorsairII notch potentiometer

[Steve Hunt]

Charles,

Thanks for the suggestions. I see a couple of problems:

* The pot mounts directly to the PCB, so swapping the ends means cutting 
tracks which I'd prefer not to do at this stage. Of course if I modified 
it for panel-mounting then it would be easy.

* The front panel is marked with an "Out" position with the knob fully 
CW; in that position the AF frequency of the notch is above the filter 
passband. Reversing the "sense" would mean that in the "Out" position 
the notch is still within the passband, albeit at the LF end and maybe 
not too noticeable.

All of this makes me wonder why TT went to the trouble of using a 
reverse log pot. It would have been as easy - and arguably more logical 
- to have the control work the other way round: i.e. the "Out" position 
full CCW.

73,
Steve G3TXQ



On 09/02/2011 22:49, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
>> I can't think of any simple way of "fudging it".
> You can swap the "end" contacts of the pot (i.e., cross the wires
> that connect them to the PC card).  This will restore the original
> linearity, at the expense of lower frequencies being clockwise and
> higher frequencies being counterclockwise with the knob.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
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