Here the complex chain drive is finalized. Spur gears used on the inside of the inner front panel.
The idea of the 3 x chains is to get the tune + load turns counters, and the bandswitch knob located in the correct positions on the outer panel. After some preliminary attempts, this latest version works good...and the front panel simply sides off....leaving all 3 x chains intact.
On a side note, I shipped the new 397 uh plate choke today, along with a pair of .01uf @ 30 kv disc caps, used for bypassing at the cold end of the plate choke....used for the lower bands. A pair of 500 pf doorknobs will also be used at cold end of same plate choke...for bypassing at the upper bands. A pair of 100 amp supercon panel jacks also shipped. It's slowly coming together. This chain drive setup complicates things quite a bit, and required a lot of head scratching. But it's finally done...and works. The mapping has yet to be done (turns counter markings vs actual pf) for the tune + load caps. Once done, the mapping....aka .....'cheat sheets' can be made up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zf2PrzJs0
