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Old 02-27-2012, 12:17 AM
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I couldn't get the presets to work properly and eventually found this bad 370 pF mica cap (#10 on the schematic).
It works with the adjustable coils to set the LO oscillator frequency.



Each preset slug only covers a portion of the BC band as shown on the chassis.


Replacing it with a 390pF got the presets working, but I couldn't tune below 800 kHz on the first four presets. I bumped it up to 500 pF which go me down to 680 kHz.

I suppose I could increase the capacitance even more, but I'd like to know why the tuning range is so far off
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