Anti-skate applies an OUTWARD force to counter the inward skating force of pivoted arms. It varies with position and groove modulation. All anti-skate mechanisms are just bandaids. My FR 29 and FR 54 arms have no anti-skate and sound fine!
Anti-Skat on the EAT F-Note Tonearm
I have a dilemma with the Anti-Skating mechanism on the F-Note tonearm. There's three different positions that the weight can be connected to put an outward force on the tonearm. Regardless which position I put the counterweight in, when the tonearm is at the end of the LP, it bounces back and the stylus lands in one of the grooves in the last song. I think I need more force inward.
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Minimal outward force is needed to properly offset the skating force that exists due to the overhang of the cartridge. Your description of the outward jump indicates one of two things (maybe three). First is that your tracking force might not be adequate and worth rechecking. I would place the Anti-skate weight as close to the pivot as possible - first notch. Double check that the TT itself is level. If the VTF is correct, antiskate is set to its minimal setting, deck is level, and this backwards “jump” continues to occur there is a defect in the arm to address. |
@drrsutliff is correct. The problem is not your antiskating. There is something else wrong. Check to see if you can swing the arm over the spindle. If you hit a hard stop something is blocking inward travel of the arm and it is hopping out of the groove. Once the arm loses contact with the groove it is always going to hop backwards. |
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