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Neil Purling · 11th Dec 2018, 1:24 am

tri-comp: Have you built one of those KX168? Did it work?
Three of four are duds. Even the one that had slight hiss from the audio stage was not passing IF strip noise, nor did it seem to have a running oscillator. It wouldn't pass a 455Khz tone.
Goodness knows why.

11th Dec 2018, 1:24 am	#12
Neil Purling Nonode Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,087	Re: More Chinese AM radio kits tri-comp: Have you built one of those KX168? Did it work? Three of four are duds. Even the one that had slight hiss from the audio stage was not passing IF strip noise, nor did it seem to have a running oscillator. It wouldn't pass a 455Khz tone. Goodness knows why.