By tacking in the capacitors do you mean you just paralleled them with the old ones? If you did not disconnect the old caps their leakage (parallel) resistance would still be there. When substituting caps the cap must be disconnected from the circuit. If you DID disconnect them what happened is beyond me. Maybe a cold solder joint that got fixed when the new one went in.
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On 1/6/2024 1:34 PM, Mike Bryce wrote:
Yup, that¡¯s what happened. And of course when I tack soldered in some caps to check operation, I had the distortion. So, when the new cap went in, it¡¯s gone. I¡¯m thinking it might have been a wire issue (too close to something)
for whatever reason, the SW4A is working as it should now
Mike, WB8VGE
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