Hi Stan,
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Sorry for the delayed response to your post - busy weekend. Solder joints for L504 and L514 looked OK, but I re-heated them anyway - no change, still sounds like a 30 wpm machine gun on power down. Neither of them are cracked or messed up in any way. Every past kit I got from Hans had superficially damaged surface-mounted 330uH chokes. This kit 'appeared' to have no damage when I got it. However, near the end of construction, I noticed that the one nearest the PA transistors was also slightly damaged. It looked like the wires were not broken so I put a dab of CA glue on the plastic to keep it in place. Now, I'm wondering if in fact there was wire damage.
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Are there any voltage measurements I can do to confirm the status of that little thing? If it is hosed, I'll probably have to send the rig off to Jeff Moore for repair, as there is no way I can fix one of those things where it is located. I've done some minor SMD work in the past, but if that component is broken - not a chance.
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Regards, Jim
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Jim / K7TXA
Eagle, ID
SKCC 10447T
BUG 301
