From the files of the ARRL Automated Mail Server, (info@arrl.org): Prepared as a membership service by the American Radio Relay League, Inc., Technical Information Service. file: \public\info\tis\argosy.txt updated: 12-03-92 Reprinted from the ARRL Field Forum March 1991 issue. Copyright 1991 American Radio Relay League, Inc. All rights reserved. Thank you for requesting the following information from the ARRL Technical Information Service or the ARRL Automated Mail Server (info@arrl.org). ARRL HQ is glad to provide this information free of charge as a service to League members and affiliated clubs. For your convenience, you may reproduce this information, electronically or on paper, and distribute it to anyone who needs it, provided that you reproduce it in its entirety and do so free of charge. Please note that you must reproduce the information as it appears in the original, including the League's copyright notice. If you have any questions concerning the reproduction or distribution of this material, please contact Michael Tracy, American Radio Relay League, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 (email: mtracy@arrl.org). --------------------------- cut here ---------------------------- Bob Renfro, K4OF, having noted dead and rough-tuning spots in his Century 21 VFO, discovered that Ten-Tec sells a rebuild kit for restoring normal operation to deteriorating Ten Tec permeability- tuned VFOs (Omni, Triton, Argonaut, etc). I contacted Larry Worth, the Service Manager at Ten Tec. Larry confirmed the existence of the rebuild kit, but cautioned that the rebuild job is not for the faint-of-heart. Ten Tec will be happy to do the service for the less experienced and will sell the kit to those with service experience. I promptly ordered one for my OmniD. The kit consists of bearings, shafts, bushings, the appropriate lubricant and a detailed set of instructions. The price is $15.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling. Contact the Ten Tec Service Department at Highway 411 East, Sevierville, TN 37862, (615) 453- 7172. - de KA1CV, Ed Hare, ARRL Laboratory Engineer. The ARRL members and HQ staff would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this information file. K4OF KA1CV Send any additional information or changes to mtracy@arrl.org. 73 from ARRL HQ.