hi Fernando, the regulator is U2, a SMD LM78L09. i am fortunate enough to have two bitx40 boards and was using one to diagnose a problem on the other. the problem quickly became apparent after burning the tip of my finger by touching the bad 9v regulator. it had a short and was pulling quite some current. i replaced it with a good one from ebay and the board worked fine. however in my haste and exuberance, i reverse polarized the other working board and had a new patient on the operating table. that one gave an open circuit on the U2 9v regulator (along with the other crispy components). i have not changed out the rf drive components but have fresh parts on order for this purpose.
Jeffrey Bonanno, Ph.D., AC2PL
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On Thu, 4/20/17, Fernando Garcia <ferjanyen@...> wrote:
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Blown bitx40
To:
[email protected] Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017, 2:59 AM
Hi Jeff bonanza, ?thanks for
the reply, could you tell me what volage regulator blown on
your set? I have now ordered the RF output and driver
transistors so as to replace them and also fitted a Shotts
diode in line with battery supply as well as a fuse to make
it idiots proof, hi. Will let you know of the out come next
week. Thanks. Fernando.
