[1000mp] ft 1000mp mark v RX intermittent

[Garry Shapiro]

Good work!

leslie wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Back along I posted looking for help on an intermittent problem with RX in
> the main receiver, the transceiver would go completely deaf on all bands
> except sub receiver. The rig would come back to life with a tap on the
> casing, thinking it must be a dry solder joint or relay it has taken this
> long to find the source of the problem. last night armed with a hairdryer I
> took off the top cover of the rig, lifted out the tuner casing  put it aside
> of the rig all still wired to and connected to the rig. I powered up the rig
> connected it to the antenna and turned on the hairdryer to put some nice
> warm air into the rig not to hot of course and within 30 seconds no
>
> RX. I picked up the tuner unit and gave it a little tap still no RX. I then
> gave the cover plate over the vco board a little tap and the rig was
> receiving again. I took out the board and found that the crystal x4001
> 62-237mhz had a bad solder joint. Re-soldered and all is fb now.
>
>  
>
> Cheers
>
> Leslie
>
> EI5GJB          
>
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