pull the cover off, all the workings will be obvious. sometimes that roller 
inductor, the oil or grease or what ever they put on it gets hard and can 
cause that, clean it with what ever you want and some people don't bother 
putting anything else on there, I have some very light oil around here I put 
on mine, fixed that right up.
For the dummy load, if you're set to use the tuner on antenna port 1, you 
turn it one click counter clockwise and that's the dummy load, but, the 
dummy load in that is rated very low. I think it's only rated at 300 watts 
for about 3 seconds or something ridiculous like that, certainly not for 
tuning an amp in to. It might be only rated for 100 watts, I use it for 
adjusting audio settings and stuff, or if I'm running my TS-830 I tune the 
radio in to it but an amp will kill it, I know someone who tried.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: manual tuners?


> Hi, I have the 989 also.
> Mine sounds scratchy when I turn the crank when not keyed up.
> How do I clean it?
> Also I didn't know it had a built in dummy load.
> How do I access it?
> Thanks in advance, and 7 3.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:41 AM
> Subject: Re: manual tuners?
>
>
>>I don't know the difference between the 986 and the 989, but I have had a
>> 989 for over fifteen years.  It tunes everything imaginable, and some
>> things
>> unimaginable.  It has two coax antenna, a dummy load, and a longwire and
>> ballenced output options.  I do take the top off once a year to clean the
>> wheel assembly for the roller inductor.  You can knock the roller off the
>> end of the coil, but that is an easy fix.  If you are cranking the roller
>> to
>> fast, that can happen.
>> I would look for a used one I think, they are around.