RV-75 from Hamvention
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Hey guys, Picked up a nice looking Drake RV-75 vfo for my TR-7 last weekend. Hooked it up last night and my main vfo was in the middle of the 20m band, but when I switched on the remote vfo freq drop to around 13.9mhz and I am not able to adjust it. I guess I got a hamfest special. Any hints on what to look for? I have not even opened it up. Got a great deal on it however so I hope I can fix it. I showed it to Evan, K9SQG when I ran into him there.? Thanks in advance,? Eric? K8cca? |
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Success! A few new caps and cleaning the grounds seems to have fixed it. Very stable! I only did the caps on the top board as I didn't have the 10 & 100uf for the bottom board. I will pick some up tomorrow and this should be back online. Thanks Evan for your thoughts on this thing! 73,? Eric? K8cca? On Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:56?PM K8CCA via <echapm4=[email protected]> wrote:
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 09:03:25 PM EDT, K8CCA via groups.io <echapm4@...> wrote:
Success! A few new caps and cleaning the grounds seems to have fixed it. Very stable! I only did the caps on the top board as I didn't have the 10 & 100uf for the bottom board. I will pick some up tomorrow and this should be back online. Thanks Evan for your thoughts on this thing! 73,? Eric? K8cca? On Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:56?PM K8CCA via <echapm4=[email protected]> wrote:
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Any caps that are branded CAPAR should be unconditionally replaced. The larger caps with more recognizable names should be OK.
On Tue, 20 May 2025 21:03:07 -0400 "K8CCA via groups.io" <echapm4@...> wrote: Success! A few new caps and cleaning the grounds seems to have fixed it. -- 73 -Jim NU0C |
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Jim Shorney