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Old 2nd Feb 2023, 9:04 pm   #4
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Default Re: Eddystone 840A deafness.

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
I had traumatic visions of delving into the rather-well-packed and not-at-all-designed-for-accessibility-to-reworkers coil-box.

[I'd been in there a few years back, to fix an original 'it could never have worked on the highest frequency band so how did it ever pass any sort of quality-assurance process?' assembly error in the local-oscillator circuit]
I sympathise! I had a similar problem and had to replace caps...not easy and involved removing the shaft connecting the switches together......I also had a problem with the highest frequency band where a coil had never been soldered...I doubt it had ever worked.
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