[R-390] R-725 AGC quits working after 1 hr.

[Renee K6FSB]

re the AGC in the R-725
I just gutted my entire AGC in my R-725 and installed a modified version 
of Clark Hatch AGC....further testing is required however it so far is 
great!!!
I will let ya'll know later.
re the caps I machined a "new aluminum" container with a lid for the 
caps and installed whatever I wanted...same for R390A I used film caps
currently only one in use R725 and has .47 uf 250V Panasonic film
Renée , K6FSB

On 11/9/24 2:47 PM, David Wise wrote:
> Thanks, Jordan, multiple radios with one cap each didn't occur to me.
>
> The op-amp circuit and the V506A AGC Time Constant tube will work fine regardless of meter resistance.  If you add 18 ohms, you'll need more meter gain, that's all.  Gary Biasini and I worked that all out when developing our own meter retrofit mod.
>
> Dave Wise
>
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> LED’s + 1 why not?
>
> Les Locklear
>
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> Jordan,
>
> "film caps" plural?  Do you mean that you did the partial-mitigation for moment of silence mod that uses one cap for LONG and another cap for MED?
>
> If I were to do it again, I would do Charles Steinmetz's moment of silence mod, placing the caps behind the front panel, and abandon the original C551 in place.  Once you've committed to removing the panel, you can also illuminate the frequency readout with LEDs, and install Jan Skirrow's universal carrier meter circuit if you don't feel like doing mine and Gary Biasini's.
>
> Dave Wise
>
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> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-725 AGC quits working after 1 hr.
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> On 11/9/2024 1:09 PM, Larry Haney wrote:
>> Geoff,  the minimum voltage for that cap is a good quality 250 vdc or
>> more (200 vdc on the plate of the 'time constant' tube).  You might find
>> one 2mfd cap that will work.
>>
>> Regards, Larry
>>
> Thanks Larry, I appreciate it. Hopefully I can get it back up and
> running this next week.
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff
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