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G6Tanuki · 24th Oct 2017, 4:33 pm

Worth checking the rectifier: on my AR88 one half of the 'tape' filament in the directly-heated rect went O/C so the radio was essentially working with half-wave rectification, meaning hum, distortion and poor sensitivity.

24th Oct 2017, 4:33 pm	#8
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,006	Re: AR88 Low HT Worth checking the rectifier: on my AR88 one half of the 'tape' filament in the directly-heated rect went O/C so the radio was essentially working with half-wave rectification, meaning hum, distortion and poor sensitivity.