Tried another uBitxr4 board and had the same problem.
I recommend this mod for everyone. Solder the pot and ZERO it and at low
volume with the
band background noise increase the preset and you will notice the volume
increasing. Leave
it a little more than the point you get max volume of noise. I am sure
that will work for the
best.
Raj
At 29-06-18, you wrote:
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Got back to town and plugged in
the uBitxr4 and found the audio distorted.
Poking around the finals I found that the two diodes D15 and D16 gave
only a drop of 1.2V total
but the final transistors needed more like 1.5V. i.e. 0.75v
each.
I simply cut the track between D5 and D16 and soldered a 100 ohms
multiturn preset as shown
in picture below. (Preset leads used is center and one side)
Start with the two soldered connections of the preset set to ZERO
ohms.
Power on and tune to a station at low volume and slowly increase the
preset till the audio
becomes clear. In my board the RX power consumption increased by 25mA at
the best sound.
Just check and see that the output transistors are not getting
hot.
My board sounded great with 47 Ohms between D15 D16 and I run at 13.6V.
If you run at the
same supply voltage then you can try a fixed resistor. For 12V supply you
could try a higher value
like 56/62 or even 68 Ohms.
Cheers
--
Raj, vu2zap
Bengaluru, South India.
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