03-12-2023, 05:44 PM
Possibly a shorted oscillator coil, but most of the time, that would kill oscillation totally. You are correct, the Oscillator section of the tuning cap should (but not always) have smaller or fewer plates than the RF section. The oscillator sounds like it is running at approx 250KHZ higher than it should. If the coil is not slug tuned, I would try to replace it.
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