Hi John,

I tend to agree with Alan. I seem to find this and similar faults with
receivers of this sort of vintage quite a lot these days. If you have
the manual it's generally worth looking at a few voltages and doing
comparisons. I usually also check total current drain from the psu and
try to suss out if it makes sense. DC leaky caps are a common pain in
the a**! Problem is John, that we used to deal with 30 and 40 year old
ex Govt stuff and be surprised if it showed signs of component failure.
Now, we are dealing with stuff at most half the age and expecting
failure!

73

On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 18:55 +0200, John Rabson wrote:
> LF,
> 
> This receiver has suddenly developed a couple of faults and I would like to 
> know if anyone has met something similar.
> 
> 1) The only modes in which it produces any audio output are straight AM and 
> NFM.   Anything requiring a BFO/CIO  produces nothing  (SSB or synchronous 
> AM).  Even on theAM setting, turning the volume up to a reasonable level 
> produces motorboating.
> 
> 2) The S meter readings are noticeably greater than previously.
> 
> 3) The remote control no longer works. Yes, I have tried fitting new 
> batteries.
> 
>  John F5VLF

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