10-19-2014, 10:14 AM
Oh, I took a break alright. To go help help my cousin and her kids move for the second day in a row.
Anyway, the radio is pretty much good to go. Only thing left is to mount the dial tower back on, and confirm the alignment is good (which I hope it is, this looks like a bear to align). But I'm not going to reassemble the tower if I have to drop the RF chassis to get to the band 2 coil(s). So I'm at the point where I decide to fix the coil, or button it up and call it a day.
Has anyone had experience rewinding the band 2 coils? I'm assuming it's the oscillator based on other posts I've found. I found posts where people say their coil is bad, but no one has really spelled out how the coil is wound. I think the only useful info I found when searching was that it appeared to be 40ga. I have some 38ga from when I rewound my 60 coils. If I went through with it, not sure if that would work or if I should get some 40ga
I was somewhat comfortable doing the 60 as those coils were well documented. So if anyone has tackled one of these and can give me some guidance, I'd appertate it.
Anyway, the radio is pretty much good to go. Only thing left is to mount the dial tower back on, and confirm the alignment is good (which I hope it is, this looks like a bear to align). But I'm not going to reassemble the tower if I have to drop the RF chassis to get to the band 2 coil(s). So I'm at the point where I decide to fix the coil, or button it up and call it a day.
Has anyone had experience rewinding the band 2 coils? I'm assuming it's the oscillator based on other posts I've found. I found posts where people say their coil is bad, but no one has really spelled out how the coil is wound. I think the only useful info I found when searching was that it appeared to be 40ga. I have some 38ga from when I rewound my 60 coils. If I went through with it, not sure if that would work or if I should get some 40ga
I was somewhat comfortable doing the 60 as those coils were well documented. So if anyone has tackled one of these and can give me some guidance, I'd appertate it.
