[Heathkit] HR-1680 Dead Band

[Ron Youvan]

    Jonathan WS1K Jesse wrote:

> I just acquired a Heathkit HR-1680 receiver and HS-1661 speaker.
> The radio works fine on all bands but 15 meters.  I checked and see no
> oscillation at 29.895 MHz.  I've been told that as these xtals age they
> become hard to get oscillating.  I'm still early in my troubleshooting
> but I'm presuming that's what my problem is.
> Has anyone come up with a fix without having to replace the xtal with
> another that may also be aged and have the same problem?

   Just in case there is another problem swap this and an adjacent 
crystal to make sure there is not a switch or similar problem.
   It probably won't work so you need to detect their oscillations.
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   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.