Howard, maybe a drop of W d 40 may help the stiff knob.  73
Ed  K7UC
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From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: good to be working!


> Good question, we have a station on 1640, but it's 15 miles away, and
> doesn't cause a problem.  I just got the sx-100 Friday night.  I have been
> having a blast with it.  Their is a chip out of the band spread knob, so I
> am looking for one of them.  The band switch is very stiff, so I need to
> figure out how to loosen that.  Other than that, it's in great shape.
> alinement and tuning seem perfect.  You get a real feel for the spectrum
> with a radio like this.  If you don't hit the radio, you can copy cw on 15
> meters with it.  10 hasn't opened.  I was listening to dx on 17 and 20
> yesterday.
>