[Johnson] Ranger VFO Access Question

[Bill Cromwell]

On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 15:19 +0000, whitebear1122 at comcast.net wrote:
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> 
> Oh, you bring up a really good point, maybe I can remove the three
>  shield sides and leave the front side intact. I hadn't thought about
>  it.  I'll have to look at that vfo shield so see if it s construction
>  allows that.  I' m not going to get excited about that approach
>  because it sounds nice and easy, and usually things aren't that nice
>  and easy. There's likely going to be screws located in positions that
>  can't be reasonably accessed.   

Hi,

On mine the shield box is a three-sided "C" shaped piece with the fourth
side being that removable side plate. The top is a separate piece. The
bottom is, of course, the main chassis. I have had the front panel off
from mine for better access to more of it. But I don't remember if I
found the front facing side slotted or not. I disassembled the radio far
enough that didn't matter. I will be taking it apart again and I will be
looking to remove the VFO completely from the Ranger and powering it up
in a stand-alone mode on the bench for some more serious TLC. I suspect
one of the divider caps in the 40 meter circuit is *bad*. The VFO won't
be going back in until it passes satisfactory tests and thorough runup
and burn-in on the bench.

73,

Bill  KU8H