2950dx suddenly off frequency

[cjruger]

I dont have the skills to work on it my self, any recomendations on where i can send it?

 

[Mudfoot]

Is it out of warranty?

 

[cjruger]

I bought it used from a guy, so i doubt itis under warranty, i think its a couple years old, worked fine scince this past fall, put it away for a while and just got it back out( set up a new area for equipment) and got it all set up, worked fine for a week then the other night on 273850 lsb with local contacts, all of a sudden couldnt tune them in. Was hearing them in cw mode. Then today ivfound if i tuned down to 273824 it was right on both xmit and recieve. Seems like it also might be drifting back and forth. Although in 10 meters usb seemed right on

 

[Shockwave]

Most radios use separate oscillators for LSB, AM, and USB due to the offset in frequency between them. If AM and USB are good, suspect the LSB oscillator. Could be a crystal went bad, otherwise it's likely a cap is drifting. Since USB appears to be working, we can rule out many of the common voltage regulation possibilities.