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Well after spending a ton of time on this radio it's working again, Repaired the band switch. But still nothing on LW. And repaired quite a lot of broken wires. Problem is when the radio is out of the chassis the front panel which houses the controls and the ferrite rod hangs off the main PCB. Hence the broken connections, I replaced the mixer/osc with a ASY27. But the radio is still a bit deaf, Probably due to the ASY27 Having a gain of around 30 and the original AF117 stated as being no lower than 50 hfe.
Wasn't easy to change as it was buried under a lot of wiring, I'll pop something else in with more gain when I get a chance.
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I doubt if the transistor gain is significant. Given that LW doesn't work and you are confident the wavechange switch is OK, I suspect there is a fault with the wiring to the ferrite rod coils.
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Cheers, Jay.
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You should certainly do the other AF117s. If one of them is knackered then the others probably are too, as they will be from the same production batch and will have experienced the same environmental conditions.
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The set has an external aerial socket I'll try hooking that up and see if LW kicks in. Cheers
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Dug this out today for another quick look at it. It receives fine up till about 1,200 khz then nothing. Not a crackle, The mixer/osc substitute transistor I put in is meant to be good till 6 MHz. I'll try putting the AF117 back in and see how that goes. If it works then I'll know its my choice of transistor that is that problem,
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This does happen sometimes. The mixer is the most fussy of the RF transistors. It's also possible that your replacement is out of spec.
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And that's what its all about Paul. I've swapped the IF transistors out, but don't have a replacement for the mixer, So I've stuck the AF117 back in for the time being with the screen lead cut
But I'm reluctant to put the radio back together with it left in place as it could play up further down the line. Cheers, Jay.
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Iv'e partly reassembled the radio, Had enough of it. I.F Transistors have been swapped and its been recapped. Didn't have a replacement transistor for the mixer. So lets hope that badboy AF117 Behaves itself.
It works fine. But only on MW, The bandswitch is a pure nightmare, Don't think it can be disassembled. Even if it could it would be brutal to work on. Nothing on LW Anyway. Just need to fix the on/off switch and restring the dial cord. Can't wait for that ![]() Wish i'd never laid eyes on the radio. But its learned me a few things.......I think. Cheers Jay ![]()
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