[R-1051] R-1051 IF alignment - advice?

[paul swed]

Yes indeed sort of hard to find those nasty little slugs.
I screwed up the Crystal module screwing around. I was lucky at the time
they were readily available for little money.
Gud luc
Paul
WB8TSL

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the few instances in my life when I looked before leaping. Or asked
> the list before leaping. Whatever.
>
> I have taken Paul and Ray's advice and left the slugs alone. So far it
> looks like 3 IF/AF modules that I worried about are OK after going through
> the AGC adjustment process. My inexperience/stupidity for not realizing
> that on this rig a) you can't turn AGC off and b) there are 3 gain
> adjustments to get wrong. 1 module really does seem to have a sensitivity
> issue and no AGC action so I'll investigate that later.
>
> Thanks guys for saving me from myself!
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:42 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Nick
> > Rays answer is spot on. What I have run into is the slugs are actually
> > ready to fall apart due to age. You really don't want to twist them.
> > Further the IFs are very hardy I would question almost anything else
> first.
> > Like the translator synth injection levels to mixers.
> > Not saying the IF couldn't fail but they tend to fail straight out.
> > Paul
> > WB8TSL
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> IF alignment is almost never the answer, unless someone else has gone in
> >> and messed it up first. Have seen more damage done by people playing
> around
> >> with slugs then don't know what. At least that's my opinion.
> >> Ray F
> >>
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