[Heathkit] MT-1 alignment problem

[Ian Wilson]

My recollection is somewhat hazy but I seem to remember having to
change a bad silver mica cap in the MT-1 VFO. All the other components
in there were fine.

73, ian K3IMW



On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Alexander N. Gerli <ac1wye at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi, guys,
>
> Working on aligning my MT-1 which has been on the shelf a long time. I can
> get plenty of power out into the dummy load/WM, but I figured I'd better
> calibrate the VFO to make sure exactly where I am.
>
> I've discovered that for 20 and 10 meters, there isn't near enough
> bandspread. With the capacitors at minimum mesh (max cap), I'm still way
> short on bandspread on the L side. the 80 meter band was OK, but the cap is
> almost at max there too.
>
> Seems like I've got to add some fixed capacitance to the coils on the bands
> in order to stretch things out. Problem is, how much? I don't want to
> cut-and-try myself crazy on this. Has anyone else on the list run into a
> similar problem with their rig?
>
> Thanks and 73,  Sandy AC1Y
>
>
>
>
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