I noticed that before I replaced TR52 and C193, if I touched the front face chassis edge with my arm and also grabbed the PL259 of my coax, I would feel a DC tingle in my finger and arm. After I replaced those two parts, I don't get that tingle any more. That's an improvement.
And for reference, I'm on the East Coast in NC, and at the moment I can hear (weak) that momo on channel 38 LSB doing that "one, one, one, one, one,....etc") with no meter movement (by the sound of it, I would say it should show about 1 s-unit on my meter) with volume at the 10 o'clock position. On channel 39 LSB, I can hear two skip stations talking but getting no meter movement (by their sounds, I would guess I should see about 5 s-units at most) with volume at the 10 o'clock position (comfortably). AM channel 6 I'm getting around 5 to 7 s-units with volume at the 9 o'clock position (comfortably), any other radio of the same type I get around 7 to 9 s-units with volume at same spot (comfortably). Static level on AM during the day stays around 4 s-units, SSB static is there, but no meter movement (by the sound of it, I would say I should see about 1 s-unit of static on SSB. Any other radio of the same type, on AM during the day stays around 6 s-units, SSB stays around 1 s-unit.
At night it drops to as low as 1 s-unit on AM and nothing on SSB (lite static sound, but present, still no meter movement). Any other radio of the same type at night on AM drops to as low as 3 s-units, SSB drops to no meter indication but does fluctuate with conditions.
This radio, the volume has to come up to the 10 o'clock (maybe 10:30) position on SSB to hear the static and stations softly but still comfortably. On AM the volume has to be at the 9 o'clock position to be comfortable to listen to.
Any other radio, both modes are comfortable to listen to with volume at the 9 o'clock position.
Maybe it's working the best it's gonna get, I may be chasing my tail around for nothing, lol.
What do you guys think?
Everything on the radio works as it should, beautifully with no issues, except SSB receive is quieter than AM receive, but present with little meter movement.
Should I stop where I'm at and get it back to the owner, or keep at it?
And for reference, I'm on the East Coast in NC, and at the moment I can hear (weak) that momo on channel 38 LSB doing that "one, one, one, one, one,....etc") with no meter movement (by the sound of it, I would say it should show about 1 s-unit on my meter) with volume at the 10 o'clock position. On channel 39 LSB, I can hear two skip stations talking but getting no meter movement (by their sounds, I would guess I should see about 5 s-units at most) with volume at the 10 o'clock position (comfortably). AM channel 6 I'm getting around 5 to 7 s-units with volume at the 9 o'clock position (comfortably), any other radio of the same type I get around 7 to 9 s-units with volume at same spot (comfortably). Static level on AM during the day stays around 4 s-units, SSB static is there, but no meter movement (by the sound of it, I would say I should see about 1 s-unit of static on SSB. Any other radio of the same type, on AM during the day stays around 6 s-units, SSB stays around 1 s-unit.
At night it drops to as low as 1 s-unit on AM and nothing on SSB (lite static sound, but present, still no meter movement). Any other radio of the same type at night on AM drops to as low as 3 s-units, SSB drops to no meter indication but does fluctuate with conditions.
This radio, the volume has to come up to the 10 o'clock (maybe 10:30) position on SSB to hear the static and stations softly but still comfortably. On AM the volume has to be at the 9 o'clock position to be comfortable to listen to.
Any other radio, both modes are comfortable to listen to with volume at the 9 o'clock position.
Maybe it's working the best it's gonna get, I may be chasing my tail around for nothing, lol.
What do you guys think?
Everything on the radio works as it should, beautifully with no issues, except SSB receive is quieter than AM receive, but present with little meter movement.
Should I stop where I'm at and get it back to the owner, or keep at it?
