President Washington d858

[nomadradio]

Nobody has asked if the sideband receive works as it should. If not, trouble with the carrier crystals is possible.

Does sideband transmit work at all?

If the lights dim and the relay drops out immediately, pull the power cord immediately and clip out that tiny tantalum cap C179.

Before you damage the relay. A hard one to find when you need one.

73

 

[NZ8N]

my first gen washington did this once,, it was the little blue cap close to finals, it seems the fix was just remove this cap,, my washington still moving on,,, if we still had cb tricks forums there is a post about me fixing this problem,,,,, but alas some one killed the cb tricks forums,,,,

It may be C179 if my memory serves. Most likely a tantalum. I had one explode on me once. Sent pieces high enough to hit the ceiling!

If this capacitor is shorted, it will shut down your transmit in all modes, and show a high current draw on the power supply in transmit mode.

 

[Handy Andy]

Here’s the pic

This thing hasn't bee nrecapped has it?

Don't see any foil rework around those caps - you @kaos513 - should know better!

 

[OldTech03]

So far fet 7 which is the mixer test fine

You say it tests fine but do you see the frequencies being

Nobody has asked if the sideband receive works as it should. If not, trouble with the carrier crystals is possible.

Does sideband transmit work at all?

If the lights dim and the relay drops out immediately, pull the power cord immediately and clip out that tiny tantalum cap C179.

Before you damage the relay. A hard one to find when you need one.

73

Actually, I did ask if the SSB Power was working but I don't know if he ever responded to that question?

 

[kaos513]

I have no ssb power as well

 

[kaos513]

This thing hasn't bee nrecapped has it?

Don't see any foil rework around those caps - you @kaos513 - should know better!

I recapped the radio made sure didn’t put any caps backwards as for tantlums as well

 

[Handy Andy]

Then you know that you have to do - continuity checks.

Test points - like TP2 and 4 - that are in NZ8N's post as well as testing Collector of Driver and Final to AM Regulator - show continuity? Gotta use that Relay to check - so be careful.

Voltage checks ...

JP35 - show 8V in TX?

You may have a TX light, does you no good if it can't send power to the TX Strip...

Mode switch - blown? <<< Biggest culprit - 36 watts equates to 3 amp pull from somewhere...

AM Regulator even putting out a voltage?

When you don't even have SSB, then look at your power branches off the power switch.

Signal Checks - like OT-03 asked - anything at the Mixer?

You said you recapped, that's great, but do both IF's that radio uses, getting to the TX?

If 3 amps are routing thru, somewhere on the board, it's getting hot. Relay stuck?

 

[OldTech03]

I must confess I sometimes post without that little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me don't assume that voltage testing is part of the routine don't ever assume that frequency testing with either a scope or frequency counter is part of the routine, so for the record, the first thing all would-be repairmen should have is a decent DVM and it helps to use it. Now if you don't have a good frequency counter designed for component level troubleshooting you are left with not being able to look at oscillator and mixer stages to see if they are actually working and producing an end result that would translate to 27 meg signal being delivered to the first buffer/pre-driver stages. Here is the thing if indeed there is a bad electrolytic that isn't being used in a feed-thru for audio then it must be used for some kind of voltage stabilization so if that cap is shorted you need to know. Sometimes "a lot" I forget the powerful nature of basics when I taught troubleshooting to young tech students there was always set rules that were taught that admittedly revolved around some knowledge of block diagrams they are a powerful weapon in troubleshooting because it's a roadmap to what modules or sections of the radios circuits and their relationship to each other or at least that there is a relationship.
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Oh and don't forget an OSCILLOSCOPE you can get some pretty nice scopes real cheap It is my go-to piece of equipment and the Rigol low-end scopes will also display the frequency and amplitude of that frequency I use this little devil nearly every day.

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[kaos513]

Relay is not stuck I can see it move back and forth when I key up

 

[kaos513]

I have fixed several radios in the past this is the first one I ever encounter with a relay and oldest model I worked on, radio has great receive as I aligned it my self

 

[Handy Andy]

Again I ask was there any mods done?

Mic plug, External Speaker - Talkback mods - scorch marks - Crayola's by power supply to match the color of the wires it's now melting onto...you show us a foil side - but not the top - so what do you want us to do? We're guessing and by your responses - it's raising a few questions from the rest of us - if you're really paying attention or just just want to play...

You've fixed these things before - why are you having such a problem with one using a relay?

You can wiggle a relay - but does it make contact?

Continuity checks - gotta see if you have any wires, traces, jumpers - acting like blown fuses.

• You shold also be looking at your work with the caps - see if your work is causing a dead short on the TX line pulling those amps?

You may get a TX, but that is from a "ok to go".

No carrier - no ssb - no-nothing - yet you see 36 WATTS of power draw. Ok, lets do some math...

36 watts = assume 12V X ?

Or
? = 36 / 12

Roughly 3 amps of draw down in the board - but no power -

Lift COLLECTOR leg of Driver - still 36 watts?

Lift COLLECTOR leg of Final - still 36 watts?

Short somewhere...

Where ever the 36 watts dropped - is the part you need to check - thinking Driver and Final - one or other or both are shorted causing draw

Only you need to test for that.

 

[kaos513]

Tr 25 regulator reads the following B=13.00 Vdc Emmiter = 11.00 vdc Collector 11.00 vdc

 

[KneeBiter]

I'm going to ignore all the advice and not respond and keep telling you what I find !!

 

[kaos513]

Little progress made d25 was toasted replaced hear my audio on all modes very low but still not there yet

 

[kaos513]

Still no luck