02-17-2007, 02:58 PM
Hey all,
I am new to the hobby and I have a 34-87 that I recieved a few years ago and I am just now starting to go through it. I have noticed that the volune needs to be turned all the way up to hear the low end of the band. The high end of the band is great. You can tune in a station between 1000kc and 1700kc with the volume almost off and you can hear stations. I am using a long wire antenna that is about 25' with a loading coil so it should be resonant for 80 meters, so it should be long enough. The caps are new, resistors are new and the tubes check out fine.
Any ideas.
Thanks
I am new to the hobby and I have a 34-87 that I recieved a few years ago and I am just now starting to go through it. I have noticed that the volune needs to be turned all the way up to hear the low end of the band. The high end of the band is great. You can tune in a station between 1000kc and 1700kc with the volume almost off and you can hear stations. I am using a long wire antenna that is about 25' with a loading coil so it should be resonant for 80 meters, so it should be long enough. The caps are new, resistors are new and the tubes check out fine.
Any ideas.
Thanks
