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Resurrecting my own dead thread. Attempted to repair that trace today. Not my best work, but then I haven't soldered professionally in at least 20 years. Yeah, lame, but what excuse isn't?

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Just needs a little epoxy and it'll be all set.

I also tried to fix the crap with the cap leads on the right side of the picture. Best I can say is I got the little copper donuts around the leads and down to the board.

What I thought was a cold solder joint was actually a loose screw holding the main board to the metal frame. Backed each screw out about a half turn and re-tightened, weird noise issue stopped happening.

The meter I had unstuck is now stuck again. Ordered four of them off fleaBay. I'll probably need the other three later and they're cheaper this way. Once the meter is replaced I may attempt an alignment. Right now the receiver is good down to about -100 dBm, maybe -110.

<blockquote data-quote="TM86" data-source="post: 643246" data-attributes="member: 41978">Resurrecting my own dead thread.&nbsp; Attempted to repair that trace today.&nbsp; Not my best work, but then I haven&#039;t soldered professionally in at least 20 years. Yeah, lame, but what excuse isn&#039;t?[ATTACH=full]25784[/ATTACH] Just needs a little epoxy and it&#039;ll be all set.I also tried to fix the crap with the cap leads on the right side of the picture.&nbsp; Best I can say is I got the little copper donuts around the leads and down to the board.What I thought was a cold solder joint was actually a loose screw holding the main board to the metal frame.&nbsp; Backed each screw out about a half turn and re-tightened, weird noise issue stopped happening.The meter I had unstuck is now stuck again.&nbsp; Ordered four of them off fleaBay. I&#039;ll probably need the other three later and they&#039;re cheaper this way.&nbsp; Once the meter is replaced I may attempt an alignment.&nbsp; Right now the receiver is good down to about -100 dBm, maybe -110.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TM86, post: 643246, member: 41978"] Resurrecting my own dead thread. Attempted to repair that trace today. Not my best work, but then I haven't soldered professionally in at least 20 years. Yeah, lame, but what excuse isn't? [ATTACH=full]25784[/ATTACH] Just needs a little epoxy and it'll be all set. I also tried to fix the crap with the cap leads on the right side of the picture. Best I can say is I got the little copper donuts around the leads and down to the board. What I thought was a cold solder joint was actually a loose screw holding the main board to the metal frame. Backed each screw out about a half turn and re-tightened, weird noise issue stopped happening. The meter I had unstuck is now stuck again. Ordered four of them off fleaBay. I'll probably need the other three later and they're cheaper this way. Once the meter is replaced I may attempt an alignment. Right now the receiver is good down to about -100 dBm, maybe -110. [/QUOTE]

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