[Heathkit] HW-9 BFO problem

[K4BEV at aol.com]

I received an HW-9 in a swap a few years back. It *never worked* according to 
the guy I got it from...
I don't believe he was the original owner.

After fixing numerous bad solder joints, bridges, alignment, etc. the 
receiver works GREAT! Well, at least on 40 & 20m - I haven't played about on the 
other bands much.

However it will not transmit... Well - It sorta won't transmit. I can hear it 
transmitting on another receiver, but there is no output - The finals have 
been replaced, btw.

Doing the resistance checks / per the manual / it says I should see 3000 - 
6000 Ohms from CWL to ground with P101 disconnected --- If not D143 is reversed 
or faulty (according to the manual). D143's cathode is grounded - so it reads 
open to ground. Reversing the diode gets me the 6k that the manual says... 
What am I missing?

Oh yeah - Reversing the diode did NOT get me OTA ;-(... 

73, Don - K4BEV



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