No problem at all. The plastic frame Slider
E100's are designed to take some severe shocks, and still operate. They were
made this way because the designer knew he would drop one, eventually
:>). I assume the plastic frame protected the loopstick from
damage. Even if not (as Kirk Allen has proved), you can still hear a lot
of great DX on a Slider E100 as long as you can peak the signals (even with a
cracked ferrite bar). The sliding coil system actually compensates for any
pieces of ferrite missing, and the unit operates at near 100% sensitivity.
Temporarily, I would recommend that you use strong
rubber bands to hold the plastic frame on the top of the radio, until you return
to Victoria. A second attempt at a Superglue bonding would be kind of
dicey, because the surfaces are no longer flat. The front cabinet section
of the E100 can be easily swapped out (there is an extra one here, to which I
can attach another plastic frame), and your Slider E100 will be as good as
new after a checkup, and alignment.
Anyway, the "TSA insurance model" is still ready
and waiting, should you desire to swap models now, or in the
future. This would not delay sending the new Slider E100 to the
other Victoria DXer, since two more models should be finished
here this week.
73 and Have Fun,
Gary
In a message dated 12/23/2008 1:20:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
cafe@... writes:
Murphy
DX Law #1 -
day 2 of 10 day Kona DXped.
You drop your best radio
early on in the dxped after you have been listening for hours, are tired
and put the radio down and walk away with the headphones still plugged
in.
Boom. Antenna assembly separated from E100 but wires intact.
unit still works.
will get some crazy glue or strong rubber bands to
piece back together.
yup. idiot moment for
sure. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Colin
Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Radio
VA7WWV Editor - DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT
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