10-30-2012, 09:54 AM
OK so here is my latest adventure. I am hoping someone can give me some guidance or at least some explanation as to why it has happened ?
I did what was advised and passed a piece of paper through the variable capacitors (tuning capacitor). This helped. Instead of getting cracking static below 900 kHz [and no stations below 900 khz], this move to 700 Khz, and I was able to tune stations in that 700 - 1600 range. Additionally (and this is important) all stations were located at the correct dial position. In other words when I dialed 1450 the station at 1450 played.
I decided to use tuner cleaner on the tunning capacitor. Result:
- The cracking static below 700 disappeared
- Stations were no longer in the location they should be. For example AM 1450 was no located at about 800, 1390 was at 720, and 970 was no located at about 1100.
What has happed ? More importantly, how can I fix this ?????
Help .......
I did what was advised and passed a piece of paper through the variable capacitors (tuning capacitor). This helped. Instead of getting cracking static below 900 kHz [and no stations below 900 khz], this move to 700 Khz, and I was able to tune stations in that 700 - 1600 range. Additionally (and this is important) all stations were located at the correct dial position. In other words when I dialed 1450 the station at 1450 played.
I decided to use tuner cleaner on the tunning capacitor. Result:
- The cracking static below 700 disappeared
- Stations were no longer in the location they should be. For example AM 1450 was no located at about 800, 1390 was at 720, and 970 was no located at about 1100.
What has happed ? More importantly, how can I fix this ?????
Help .......
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