[NJARC] Possible Silver Migration problem - looking for help
Joe Devonshire via NJARC
njarc at mailman.qth.net
Tue Dec 16 21:35:44 EST 2014
Hi everybody.
I've been working on a small Zenith table radio Chassis Z508B. It's a
AA5. The recapping went just fine. It played fine for about a half hour
then went silent. It does have plenty of audio. This is what is leading me
to think I'm having a silver migration issue. To this point, I've not
adjusted anything, only replaced the caps.
Now, I can receive an AM station from Boston (I'm about 180 miles away
here in Maine) at the far end of the dial. The weird thing is this
station should be in the middle of the band.
I'm still trying to dig my test equipment out since the move, but I do
have a multi-meter. This radio looked like an easy fix at first. Where I
should be seeing voltage coming off the 35W4, there is barely anything.
I've checked the tube, replaced it, and still no change. The 1k resistor is
OK and just to be sure it wasn't a heat related problem, I replaced that.
Here is the odd part, that signal I mentioned above, it is plenty strong
in the wrong place.
Does anybody have any thoughts on what I should look for? In the
meantime, I'll keep looking for my signal generator.
Thanks,
Joe Devonshire
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