You've made my day!? The 980 lives on!? Just to reiterate, the grain of wheat bulb fuse was blown and it saved the front end transistors.? As a bonus, it is in an easy place to get to, so I won't have to remove the board.? Additionally, thank you for the helpful link.? The part is on order.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:43 PM Roger VE7LB <Roger_VE7LB@...> wrote:
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Hi Ed, If you are lucky the "grain of wheat" receiver input fuse bulb has blown. See eBay # 165671785895. Try temporarily shorting out the grain of wheat bulb to see if receive improves.
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Not sure why FM seems OK. May just be noise generated if the RF amp. transistor is still working. Can you hear any stations on FM?