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SX-111 Crystal Calibrator
开云体育GreetingsI am restoring an SX-111. ?The Crystal Calibrator does not work. ?The 6AU6 tube tests good, ?I will be tracing the circuit. ?Has anyone seen this problem and its solution? Bruce? KE?VR |
Have only worked on a couple of those and one did have a faulty calibrator with an obvious problem. A previous tinkerer had broken the plastic envelope of the crystal and then tried to repair it with some red rubbery gunk. Crystal operation was then intermittent. Don't remember now exactly how I got it going again but think I eventually did. The crystal is housed in what looks like a standard octal tube but with a plastic envelope rather than glass. If it is not damaged, you could try carefully pulling it and cleaning the socket pins with de-oxit. When removing it only hold the base and not the envelope itself. Could also lift the entire calibrator unit and cleaning the socket pins for that may help. Otherwise there is not too much to the circuit except for the CAL switch itself. Hope this helps. 73 ... Ed, WA9GQK
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:18:46 AM CDT, Bruce Kirkpatrick via groups.io <bkirkpatrick5@...> wrote:
Greetings
I am restoring an SX-111. ?The Crystal Calibrator does not work. ?The 6AU6 tube tests good, ?I will be tracing the circuit. ?Has anyone seen this problem and its solution? Bruce? KE?VR |
开云体育
As Ed stated the most common cause for the calibrator failure is the function switch.?
I would clean the switch, clean the pins and sockets of SO2 if still not working check the voltage at the pin 2 of plug SO2. It should be 150v when the calibrator is turned on.
Next connect a scope to the antenna terminal turn the calibrator on and check for any signal. Adjust C301 both ways to see if the oscillator will snap on.
That is all of the easy ones.?
Walt Cates, WD0GOF
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Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 9:44 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [HallicraftersRadios] SX-111 Crystal Calibrator ?
Greetings
I am restoring an SX-111. ?The Crystal Calibrator does not work. ?The 6AU6 tube tests good, ?I will be tracing the circuit. ?Has anyone seen this problem and its solution?
Bruce?
KE?VR
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