I my case
predriver q13 collector voltage 10.4
base voltage 3.4
emitter is 2.8
while supply voltage is 12v
i am facing very low output .
should i have replace q13 ?
Ashhar says it's a 2n3904, and that the schematics are incorrect
about it being a BC849.
Fairchild has a 2n3904 in a SOT23 with a "1A" marking.
?? ? ?
I suspect there's quite a few other manufacturers, and that somebody
is appending an "M".
(Fairchild is now part of OnSemi, which has it's own 2n3904 in a
TO92)
I don't have a Bitx40 yet. ? But from Arv's post of 19583, all the
transformers are? "trifilar using 10 turns of twisted together
wire" on FT37-43 cores. ? (That post is well worth re-reading.) ?
With one of the three wires left unused at T5, seems it has to be 2:1
center tapped, and not a 4:1 winding ratio. ? I assume we're talking the
latest Bitx40 schematic up on
If the phasing was wrong it should be very obvious.?? Two of the
wires from T5 are connected together, that's the center tap and has a
trace to C134.?? One of those center tap wires should come from one
end of the trifilar bundle, and the other center tap wire should come
from the other end of the trifilar bundle. ?
If there was trouble in that
stage, I'd verify with an ohmmeter that the two free wires of T5 are not
connected to any of the four wires that have traces to them.?? And
of course, look for shorts and cold solder joints.