48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up

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48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up

PAradiogeek
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08-21-2015, 09:33 PM

Hi,

I restored the electronics for my 48-206 a month or two ago and since then I have been using it in my garage as I work on other cabinets.
However, I'm not very happy with the performance. If I tune in a station after it powers up, I find that I have to go back to it and adjust the tuning four or five times over the next 20 minutes. After about 20 minutes or so the tuning stabilizes. I do not see this behavior in any of my other radios. Is this indicative of a faulty alignment, or is it just that it was an inexpensive model with so-so performance, or something else altogether?
Thanks,
J

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48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by PAradiogeek - 08-21-2015, 09:33 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by Mondial - 08-22-2015, 01:43 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by PAradiogeek - 08-22-2015, 06:56 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by Mondial - 08-22-2015, 09:05 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by PAradiogeek - 08-22-2015, 10:14 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by codefox1 - 08-23-2015, 02:42 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 08-23-2015, 08:25 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by mikethedruid - 08-24-2015, 03:42 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by tom.seeger - 08-29-2015, 01:31 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by mikethedruid - 08-30-2015, 05:08 PM

RE: 48-206 - Tuning changes as it warms up - by PAradiogeek - 09-02-2015, 12:56 PM

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