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THE WINDSHIELD.  IM NOT AN ELECTRONICS WHIZ SO ILL NEVER BUILD MUCH OF A
CIRCUIT, BUT WITH SOME IMAGINATION AND PLAYFUL EXPERIENCE, FOUND I COULD
WHIP A HAM RADIO MOUNTING PROBLEM.  IT WAS KIDS PLAY.  REBUILDING A BROKEN
WAFER SWITCH OKAY, WE ALL KNOW HAMS ARE CHEAP.  I WAS FACING A REPAIR OR
REPLACE DECISION INVOLVING A DOUBLE WAFER CERAMIC BAND SWITCH IN A TOKYO HY
POWER HC 2000 ANTENNA TUNER ID ACQUIRED ON THE CHEAP AT A HAMFEST.  SOME
CONTACTS ON THE ORIGINAL SWITCH HAD LITERALLY MELTED FOR SOME REASON.  A
PREVIOUS OWNER ALREADY HAD STARTED REBUILDING THE DAMAGED WAFER AND I
COMPLETED THE JOB BY REPLACING THE REMAINING BURNED CONTACTS AND SECURING
THEM WITH SCROUNGED MACHINE HARDWARE.  I ALSO POLISHED AWAY SOME BURNED
SPOTS ON THE ROTOR AND REPLATED THAT SECTION IN SILVER.  REPLATED AREAS
SHOULD BE INSPECTED PERIODICALLY FOR WEAR.  ED.  AS I WAS TRYING TO INSTALL
AND REWIRE THE SWITCH, THE SECOND GOOD WAFER BROKE.  TOKYO HY POWER OFFERED
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