[AMRadio] Valiant

[Bill Russell]

Hi John,
Yup, sounds like one or more of the fixed loading caps went south. Its a 
good idea to replace them. I believe the Valiant uses a multi section cap 
for this purpose. REPLACE IT with single caps.

Bill KC2IFR


At 08:37 AM 4/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>I once had an output loading cap fail in the coarse loading
>switch on my Viking II.  I guess it shorted.  If that
>happens, the coarse loading adjustment can only work up to
>the point just before it switches in the shorted cap.  If
>that does not give you enough capacitance, you run out of
>adjustment range and you may not be able to get the plate
>current dip low enough on some of the lower bands.
>
>Bacon, WA3WDR
>
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Bill Russell