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42-350 Burned Resistor
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08-28-2008, 11:03 PM
I had just a few minutes this evening, so I took out the oscillator tube to see if it might be shorted. It wasn't, so I put it back in again and turned on the radio. After tuning up and down a little I realized that the volume control was turned way down. When I turned up the volume I got faint stations on the AM band.

I stretched out my workbench antenna and did a quick and dirty "by ear" alignment, which gave me good volume. The band switch was dirty and took some careful wiggling to make contact, so I squirted it with deoxit. I'll wait until it all dries before I turn it on again make any measurements on the oscillator.

I've got more work to do, but the signs are lookin' good!
John Honeycutt
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42-350 Burned Resistor - by Raleigh - 08-09-2008, 06:20 PM
[No subject] - by Steve Davis - 08-09-2008, 06:45 PM
[No subject] - by planigan - 08-10-2008, 12:11 AM
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[No subject] - by Raleigh - 08-10-2008, 04:53 PM
[No subject] - by Steve Davis - 08-10-2008, 06:07 PM
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[No subject] - by planigan - 08-10-2008, 10:00 PM
Progress! - by Raleigh - 08-27-2008, 02:09 PM
Re: Progress! - by exray - 08-28-2008, 07:51 AM
Got AM! - by Raleigh - 08-28-2008, 11:03 PM



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