[ARC5] Re-reading Gordon White article...

[J. Forster]

I'd check:

Tube
Resistors
Caps

in that order. The tuve is an easy swap, the rewsistors can be easily
checked in-circuit.

Just my guess.

-John

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> I'll give this a shot next time some "lab time" avails itself. What are
> usual suspects of this failure mode? Weak tube? Resistor value gone high?
> Leaky cap? I've already made certain that the variable cap plates aren't
> shorting out.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason W6IEE
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:23 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> If the radio works at the bottom of the band and goes deaf midband
>> somewhere, I's suspect the LO has quit.
>>
>> Bring a portable radio near the set and tune it to the LO frequency,
>> then
>> tune up until it quits.
>>
>> I'd bet the LO has quit.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> -John
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