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Need VEF Baltika help
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Good-ish news. I found the main problem with the MW, it turned out to be fingers on the bandswitch that were not making contact with the rotary wafers. I now have MW reception, with just one relatively minor problem remaining.. the antenna section does not track properly. I have gotten the high end (above 1100 KHz) to work pretty well, but the lower end, especially below 900 KHz, does not resonate where it needs to. I think I could get a good balance if I can adjust the coil and trimmer capacitor in the antenna circuit. However, to do this, I need to find or fabricate a special tool (hexagonal driver) that will fit inside of the coil. Does anyone know where I could get this tool, or the metric dimensions I would need to fabricate one?

Thanks for all the help so far, I think I'll be happy with this radio when I've finished it up.


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Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-30-2021, 08:10 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-30-2021, 01:38 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-30-2021, 02:30 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 03-30-2021, 04:00 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-30-2021, 04:00 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-30-2021, 04:06 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-30-2021, 04:13 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 03-30-2021, 04:35 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-30-2021, 06:52 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-31-2021, 01:30 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-31-2021, 10:34 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RodB - 03-31-2021, 10:45 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 03-31-2021, 02:46 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-31-2021, 05:55 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-31-2021, 08:22 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 03-31-2021, 09:43 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 03-31-2021, 11:44 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 04-01-2021, 02:57 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RodB - 04-01-2021, 08:50 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by BrendaAnnD - 04-01-2021, 10:36 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 04-01-2021, 11:40 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 04-01-2021, 12:02 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 04-01-2021, 12:34 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by Arran - 04-11-2021, 11:48 PM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 05-01-2021, 05:39 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by morzh - 05-01-2021, 09:25 AM
RE: Need VEF Baltika help - by RadioSvit - 05-01-2021, 10:39 AM



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