[Boatanchors] NC 183D

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:48:55 -0400

The usual culprit here (other than a bad diode or tube) is a leaky or 
failed capacitor in the AGC detector circuit.  It's a good idea to 
replace any wax paper capacitors in a receiver this age anyway.  If 
they haven't failed already, they will soon enough.

Bob
WB4TGG

On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 10:50 US/Eastern, tim wrote:

>   I have a mint NC 183D , matching speaker and selcto-jet. Looks like 
> new and works great but for one thing . I have to turn the RF gain 
> back on strong signals as the AVC is not functioning. Any hints.
> thanks
> tim
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