[Icom] The saga of the 761

[wjdiamond]

Hi folks,

Well, the IC 761 is now alive. It is ready for final alignment and put back
together.

CW, AM, RTTY, SSB, FM all work to specs, the tuner works fine now after
replacing both motor driver transistors and bridging 3 broken circuit
paths.

It has been a long road and even though I did get another 756 PRO II, I
just could not see turning this rig into a parts rig.

I guess this come form some of my old Collins restorations, I just would
not give up until it was right.

The lack of CW and RTTY was due to a bad xtal X1,. and about 5 bad lytics.

Hope I haven't caused to many delete keys to wear out.

All toll, I replaced probably 35 lytic caps and most were open and about 23
.01 BL caps on various boards.

Thanks to all that had helpful suggestions..


        William J. Diamond (Bill)
        Rogers, Arkansas USA
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