[R-390] Oscillation Spurs

Barry n4buq at knology.net
Tue May 4 21:44:20 EDT 2010


> Hello Roger,
>
> I happen to have the RF deck out right now checking resistor values and looking for bad caps (that can be checked in circuit).
>
> Like I said, the R-390 is working, but not great.  Unfortunately I found the cathode resistor for the 1st RF amp is reading
>
> about 250 ohms instead of 100.  I'm sure this isn't helping sensitivity any.  Unfortunately it is also buried under half a dozen
>
> other components as well as the band switch.  Not sure what I'm going to do about that at the moment.
>
>    

Perhaps just a parallel resistor tacked across the cathode resistor 
would be an easy way to fix it?

Barry - N4BUQ


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