Hi Gang,
On the bench is a Texas Ranger TR696F base with VERY poor receive. I knew I was in for a challenge as many case screws were missing. As a side note, I am using the DX 959 non-mosfet service manual for this one. I started with a basic alignment and as we all would expect the PLL alignment was way out. No big deal. It aligned fine. Then to the weak/dead receive. I had to push a ton of signal into it to get the slightest signal. I started with the receive alignment. Step 1 was to adjust L2 and L3. L2 began to increase the signal then.....the L3 slug was cracked. No suprise as the alignment was so far out that it was obvious the golden screwdriver had been in it. I played with the slug a little and the signal jumped a bunch. I cannot get it to stabilize so I need to replace this coil. Does anyone have an idea of where I could source one?
On the bench is a Texas Ranger TR696F base with VERY poor receive. I knew I was in for a challenge as many case screws were missing. As a side note, I am using the DX 959 non-mosfet service manual for this one. I started with a basic alignment and as we all would expect the PLL alignment was way out. No big deal. It aligned fine. Then to the weak/dead receive. I had to push a ton of signal into it to get the slightest signal. I started with the receive alignment. Step 1 was to adjust L2 and L3. L2 began to increase the signal then.....the L3 slug was cracked. No suprise as the alignment was so far out that it was obvious the golden screwdriver had been in it. I played with the slug a little and the signal jumped a bunch. I cannot get it to stabilize so I need to replace this coil. Does anyone have an idea of where I could source one?