[TowerTalk] Traps and traps - dipping again into the poolofknowledge

[Artmouton]

Dale - Wow! - How do you like your crawfish?
Art K5FNQ

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From: "Dale Martin" <kg5u at hal-pc.org>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Traps and traps - dipping again into the 
poolofknowledge


>
> Art,
>
> I'm not sure what trap A is, but there should definitely be a coil inside;
> just not visible with the cover in place.
>
> There is a rivet or screw at one end of the cover which attaches the cover
> to the element making the cover one plate of the capacitor of the trap.
>
> Remove the rivet and you can slide off the cover exposing the complete
> aluminum tubing-insulator with coil-aluminum tubing assembly.
>
> Read the notes I put together when I refurbished one of my A3's a few 
> years
> ago.  It's still up in the air and working FB.
>
> http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u/a3refurb.txt
>
> 73 and good luck
>
> Dale, kg5u
>
>
>>
>> Attempted to take down a Trap A (this is on a Cushcraft A-3
>> with the 40 meter add on) No coil in the trap as far as I can see.
>>
>> Removed the end caps. Plastic parts on each end fitting into
>> the circular trap, with the element going through the middle
>> with one part screwed to the outside portion of the trap.
>> I can move the element and one plastic end but the other will
>> not come out.
>> But, when I look in I do not see any wire coil as expected.....
>>
>
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