[R-390] R-390 Problems

[Rick Brashear]

The moral is... WELCOME TO THE CLUB!  I think we've all made those kind 
of mistakes.  The good thing is, you'll never do it again.

Rick

David C. Hallam wrote:

>SO JUST SHOOT ME!
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>After several days of bench work trouble shooting trying to locate a loss of
>sensitivity problem with my R-390 and introducing several new ones  by
>screwing up the alignment that had to be corrected, I came to the conclusion
>that I couldn't find anything wrong with the receiver.  It passed the
>sensitivity and selectivity tests with flying colors.  Back to the drawing
>board.
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>I put the receiver back into the rack and hooked up the coax.  Wait a
>minute, the reception is changing as I wiggle the coax.  This was a ready
>made up RG-8X jumper that I purchased at Radio Shack just before the
>problems started.  Close examination reveled a bad connection in one of the
>PL-259's.  There must be a moral in here somewhere.
>
>David
>KC2JD
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