[R-390] CL80....

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Jerry,

Good to hear from you again. No worries about your advice being nyaah here.
I got the radio from a list member who gave me a great deal. He did the
alignment, black beauty replacements, etc. It is a fine SP. I think I'm
being a bit picky at this point and it should not reflect on the alignment
work that he did.  In my opinion, he did too much work on it for the low
price, patience with payment/pickup, etc. You are right that I should do the
tweaking. I have enjoyed the radio quite a bit.

These radios do drift for various reasons like bumping them, lifting a
corner, etc.

One of the reasons for desired dial accuracy is that I send my logs to
sources for logging DXs. Also, a lot of the stations that I log are not
listed anywhere, so frequency logs are important.


Barry non-Hauser


> Sounds like some RF tweaking is in order, per the good 'ol manual alignment
> procedure. 10KC is WAY too much for one of these, my 600 is not off more
> than 1 KC anywhere in the BC band, and is very close to dead on most of the
> way. Noticeable drift is essentially non-existent, too. That's not a "nyaah,
> nyaaah", it's just proof these things are capable of much better tuning
> accuracy than you are experiencing. This one is a JX-17 w/factory ceramics,
> totally virgin, untouched and un-aligned from day one as best I can tell.
> Likely yours was "aligned" by a previous ham owner with a wandering
> screwdriver and no non-magnetic alignment tools. :-) I'll bet you can get it
> MUCH closer than that without too much trouble, as long as it's been
> recapped or has factory ceramics.
> 73, Jerry W5KP