[Heathkit] HW9 help solicited

[Peter Burbank]

At 06:48 PM 7/12/2005, john wrote:


>Has anyone been down this road before, and could tell me if there is a 
>straightforward method of getting to the solder side of the modules...ie: 
>is there a way ot getting the two boards loose, without disassembling the 
>whole bloody radio?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>John

John,
I had a similar problem but solved it without de-soldering the coil. I very 
carefully drilled between the
pcb pads from the solder side which allowed me to shove the pieces out the 
top of the coil. The core
from a RS assortment worked fine. You may as well get used to taking the 
rig apart, it's not so hard
if you reverse the assy process in the manual. You can even energize a 
loose board but be super
careful not to allow anything to short to ground. Be aware that the 
aluminum mid plate provides a ground
between some sections of a board (I suspect that the grounding may 
contribute to all the "birdies".)
GL es 73
Pete NV4V


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