You may be making contact with the 5 MHz section and hearing stuff through it. My guess is you either have a fault in the 40M section or one of the switch contacts for 40M needs attention. If you have a nanoVNA you can do an S21 sweep of the filter sections to check them.
For future reference you did not really need to unsolder the high current PA feed. All that is needed to run everything except the PA is to clip-lead an external source of 13V to ground and the low current pin on the big 4-pin power connector.
On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:24:48 -0700
"Bill NZ0T via groups.io" <nz0tham@...> wrote:
Wiring is fine.? I discovered if I turned the bandswitch knob in between the detents for 7 and 5 MHz which is even with the yellow 7 on the inside ring that 40 meters works OK.? ?All other bands work as they should in the proper dentent.? Any ideas?
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-Jim
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Jim Shorney