[ARC5] BC-455 - intermittant LO.

[Dennis DuVall]

It happens.  Ran into that with my Elmac AF-68. Unsoldered connection in the VFO compartment 
worked FB for years before giving up in the middle of a contest a while back.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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> On May 25, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> Les:
> 
> Concerning your intermittant LO: during a refurbishment of an R-25/ARC-5, I 
> discovered a "no solder" joint in the coil-box, yet the joint had been painted 
> with a dot of red "inspection" lacquer which all other joints had been.
> 
> This was a factory fault. 
> 
> Soldering that joint eliminated the intermittant LO problems I had 
> experienced with that receiver.
> 
> Do remember that the LO voltage is quite low. Therefore, any such fault 
> could have more effect that it would in a rig with higher voltages.
> 
> Ken W7EKB
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