[Hallicrafters] SR-400A troubles (update)

[Peter Veach]

Ok, I ran some more tests and the distortion is also in the transmit 
audio, so that should narrow it down some. I monitored the audio on 
another receiver and it sound great on the other bands.. 

-Pete N9QZD


-----Original Message-----
From: "Peter Veach" <n9qzd at spbbs.com>
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:09:20 -0600
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SR-400A troubles

> I have a question for you seasoned Hallicrafters folks.
> 
> I took delivery of a beautiful SR-400A yesterday.
> It looks like it is a year old.
> 
> Like normal, I have found some problems with the rig.
> The output was very low, which I fixed with a different set of
> finals.
> Balanced, Neutralized, and aligned the driver/mixer/antenna slugs.
> 
> The other remaining problem is that the receive audio on 80 meters is
> distorted like the sound of aurora on the band. Strong aurora, like 
> what the audio sounds like on 6 meters during an aurora opening. The 
> other bands sound fine, at least 40 and 20 do where I was able to
> hear 
> signals.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Pete N9QZD