The Sierra is cousin to the K1. A worthy radio of it's day (not that longs ago). I bought it after much research in a quest to buy the best of the best in QRP and I was not dissapointed. It has been on many campouts and logged many a QSO.
I dusted off my Sierra today and found that it was drifting slightly and the audio gain was scratchy so I popped the hood and cleaned it out with blue shower. To my surprise the drift problem went from barely noticeable to unbearable. Blue shower dissolved what little grease that was left in the bearings of the main tuning capacitor so... I repacked the bearings with CaiLube M260Cp conductive grease and wow... talk about a miracle cure! CaiLube rocks! The sierra is now perfectly rock stable. zero drift (nada). Like new. I think I may pull out my Harvey Wells Bandmaster and repack it's bearings too.. ;) Ken Lotts aa7jc _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
