Heathkit SW-717 Assembly

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Remove
control
nuts and washers
from
the subpanel.
Then mount
the
front
panel
on
the subpanel.
Be sure
the back
of
the
meter
is
properly
aligned
with
the
cutout
in the
subpanel,
Use
a 4-4O
x 3/4" black
nylon
screw,
a 3/16"
aluminum
spacer,
and a
4-40
nut at L'
From the back
of
the
panel,
use
a
4'40
x 112"
self-tapping
screw
and a 3116"
aluminum
spacer
at
R.
Use
a
4-40
x
318"
screw
at T. CAUTION:
Be sure the
screw
at
T is not
longer than
318", or
the
panel
may
be damaged
when
the screw
is tightened'
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Place control washers
and
control nuts on
the bushings
at
A, B, C, D,
and
E.
(
)
Check
the front
panel
control
nuts to make sure
they
are
tight.
(
)
Keep the tuning
capacitor
plates
closed
and adjust
the
main tuning
pointer
so
it coincides
with the
left end
markings of
the
frequency
scale.
(
)
Refer
to the
inset
drawing on
Pictorial
25 and start
an 8-32
x 7116" setscrew
into
each of the
large
knobs
as shown.
(
)
In the same
manner, start
an
8-32
x 3/16" setscrew
into
each of
the
four small
knobs.
(
)
Refer
to
Detail 25E
and
mount
four small
knobs
with
the
index
marks
positioned
as shown.
Tighten
the
setscrews.
Refer
to
Detail 25F
for the next
two steps.
(
)
C
ut the
leads
of
a 1N191
l#56'26,
brown-white-brown)
diode
to 3/8"' Connect
the
lead
at the banded
end of
the diode
to
lug
2
(NS)
and the
other
lead to
lug 1
(NS)
of the meter.
(
)
At the end of
the blue
and
white twisted
pair,
connect
the
blue wire
to
lug 2
(S-2)
and the
white
wire
to
lug 1
(S-2)
of the
meter.
Carefully
wrap
each
wire
around
a
meter
lug
(before
soldering)
to
make
the connection.
(
)
Remove the
meter shorting
wire
from the
meter.
This
is
a very
fine wire which
may
be hard
to see.
lt
connects
the two
meter
terminals
to
prevent
damage
from handling.
VINYL
GASKET
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(
)
Mount
large knobs
on the
main
tuning
and bandsPread
knobs
and
tighten
the
setscrews.
(
)
Turn the shafts
at
A, B, and C
fully counterclockwise.
Turn
the shaft at
D to
its center
Position.
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Heathkit SW-717 Specifications

General

Brand	Heathkit
Model	SW-717
Category	Receiver
Language	English