[TenTec] 238 Tuner Help

[Tom Hellem]

Jim-
Just a thought- how about eliminating the dial cord/slider setup altogether
and replacing it with a decent quality turns counter?
I have not done this but often thought about it.
Has anyone else tried it?

73
Tom
K0SN


On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Jim Roller <n4ir at charter.net> wrote:

> Hoping for a 1 in a million chance someone has a junker somewhere that can
> help:
>
> TT 238 Antenna Tuner; new in 1990; has slide rule type dial using string
> and elastic to drive.
>
> The red indicator for the dial has a connection for the string and also a
> pulley to string the mechanism. I ran the inductor to full stop and the
> pulley broke broke off the indicator and cracked the body. Just hoping
> someone might have one of these available. I'm sure it is a common part
> used in other earlier TT gear.
>
> I have emailed TenTec but don't really expect them to have this in stock.
> BTW, tuner still works great but you have to spin the knob and watch the
> SWR when making a change, hi.
>
> Jim Roller, N4IR       n4ir at charter.net
>
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