[ARC5] BC-455 - intermittant LO.

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

The crystal filters in my Kenwood R599 are soldered in but the one in 
the CW position was not soldered. It didn't fail until about 1998! I had 
a monster, tube based frequency counter ( to ~1mc) that I bought at a 
club auction for about a dollar and used for years. Then it sat on a 
shelf for several years while I went begging for new owner. when I 
finally salvaged parts from it I found a wire on a ground lug that had 
never been close to solder. It had never failed.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 05/25/2015 01:19 PM, Dennis DuVall wrote:
> 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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