[Johnson] Valiant trouble

[Roy Morgan]

At 06:29 AM 1/29/04 -0600, lgrindel wrote:
>Good Morning group!
>   I aquired a Valiant a while back, ... However when I
>switch it back to the vfo position, I still get the "whistle"
>sound as if it is still trying to zero beat, although at a
>slightly different frequency. The meter is showing the oscillator
>is drawing a lot of current in the vfo position.

This is a common trouble with the valiants.

>I am not sure
>where to start looking,

Set the keying bias according to the manual.  If that does not work, set it 
more negative.  If that does not work, replace some paper capacitors that 
you should have replaced already anyway.

Roy

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