[R-390] Rush Limbaugh sure sounds good on '67 EAC ;-)

[Phil Atchley]

Hi.
Well, last night I got this '67 EAC all back together after recapping it =
(I
did the RF deck the other day before I ran out of caps).  Anyway, right =
now
I'm listening to Rush on it as I want to break it in right!

I'll let it sit here and burn in all morning and then this afternoon =
I'll
check the tubes (something not yet done) and do the preliminary =
alignment on
it.  After re-capping I like to do a preliminary alignment, run the set =
for
a week or so and then do a final alignment which rarely changes much if =
any.
But it gives me a chance to see if anything is changing in the set.=20

Last night when I did a brief checkout it seemed that I had a high =
erratic
noise floor being generated in the 3rd mixer stage (V204).  If I pulled =
V204
or the PTO connector it'd go away, pulling V203 had no effect on it, =
telling
me it was coming from the 3rd mixer or circuitry between 2nd and 3rd =
mixers.
It was there on all bands, however, Voice of Russia on 17690 KHz was =
coming
in at 90dB on the meter with all of 2 feet of test lead for an antenna!  =
Any
decent station covered up the noise. =20

This morning it seems much better so maybe it was a fluke?

73 de Phil, KO6BB

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