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(Lack of) tracking on 41-255
BrendaAnnD
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11-18-2011, 04:25 PM
Eureka! The problem ended up being a well-disguised broken ground strap from the tuner to the chassis. I should have gotten a clue earlier when I noted that getting my hand or a tool anywhere near the tuner caused frequency changes, but one doesn't think of broken ground braids..

It tracks a lot better now, but still won't drop in perfectly. It's up to 20 KHz off in the middle of the AMBCB if I align it to be spot on at 600 and 1440 (and it's way off at the top: 1600 comes in at 1660).
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(Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by BrendaAnnD - 11-17-2011, 08:54 AM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by 7estatdef - 11-17-2011, 03:28 PM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by BrendaAnnD - 11-17-2011, 04:01 PM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by exray - 11-17-2011, 05:16 PM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by 7estatdef - 11-17-2011, 10:47 PM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by BrendaAnnD - 11-18-2011, 04:25 PM
Re: (Lack of) tracking on 41-255 - by codefox1 - 11-18-2011, 07:05 PM



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