[TenTec] Orion 565 tuning encoder

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Nope didn't think about it at the time.   And too, just in case I destroyed 
it, I didn't want any evidence of my fauxpaux to exist.

It is basically, on the inside, a segmented potentiometer.  So the fault is 
the wiper to element contact where the pads get dirty, just like any old 
pot.  No new rocket science here.    As one fellow suggested, exercising it 
might just fix it for a while.  And of course one could squirt some of their 
favorite contact cleaner, {you know the stuff that dissolves plastic when 
it's not supposed to do so}, in there and do some good for a short time as 
well.

73
Bob, K4TAX






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K8JHR" <jrichards at k8jhr.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 565 tuning encoder


> Did you take any photos of the encoder's innards?
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> -------------------- K8JHR ----------------
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> On 6/21/2014 6:41 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
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>> I actually opened the original one, cleaned it, put it back together
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