[TowerTalk] Old AC PST61 Rebuild update

[Roger (K8RI)]

Larry wrote:
> I was interested in how you kept the water out (I don't have a PST61). One 
> guy at
> the local hamfests was selling what looked like the kind of metal piece 
> under an
> electric stove element that he installed on the mast upside down just above 
> the
> rotator to sort of push the water out and away from rotator. It was 
> stainless steel.
> Not sure how effective it was.
>   
If you look at the new ones they have a metal piece attached to the 
output shaft that covers the top of the gear box so it may not be all 
that different. You only have to keep the water out of there, but a 
simple cover might not do much for condensation.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73, Larry  W6NWS
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> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 5:44 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Old AC PST61 Rebuild update
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>> If any one is interested, I *finally* finished thePST61 rebuild tutorial
>> with lots of photos. I also added a section covering my attempt to keep
>> water out of the top seal using a cone of Silastic rubber. It could use
>> some proof reading. I've gone over it many times, but I, like most, make
>> my own worst proof reader.
>> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/Gears.htm
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
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