[Heathkit] HX-20 alignment problem

[manualman at juno.com]

You sure you're not just overloading the receiver? A scope is also very
useful when doing carrier null adjustments.
Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:51:41 -0500 "Alexander N. Gerli"
<ac1wye at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, everyone!  This is going to be a needle-in-a-haystack question, 
> but
> here goes:
> 
> I have a nice HX-20/HR-20 pair. So far, the receiver is great, and 
> I'm
> trying to align the TX by the Manual. So far, I have the 9MHz IF
> transformers peaked and the 80m Mixer and Driver coils peaked. Now, 
> I'm
> trying to get to the carrier null part. I've hit a wall, as when I 
> use the
> mic PTT and listen for the signal in a monitor RX, the signal sounds 
> AWFUL.
> It's not a carrier, but a garbled-sounding rough buzz, and this is 
> with no
> TX audio per the Manual. It should be a decent CW note, but surely 
> not
> THIS! Makes me think it's self-oscillating, but that's not happening
> because when I let off the PTT, no signal and the T/R Relay is 
> working as
> it should, So far, the alignment procedure has gone without a hitch.
> 
> Anybody have a guess what might be amiss? I was getting about 40W 
> into my
> metered dummy load and that's about correct for a single 6146.
> 
> ?73,?
> 
> 
> ?Sandy AC1Y?