Bought this 142 that had a bunch of mods in it. I generally tolerate a clarifier mod but nothing more unless it is to unrestrict poor modulation. Anyhow, this 142 has a 10k frequency shift downwards. So for an example, channel 38 on this radio is on 39. Channel 1 is below 1. Channel 2 is the actual channel 1. Ive tried everything I can at my 1st andcsecond line technician level and cant figurenout why its dropping. The L13 cans slug starts working below the top of the can about 1/16 to 1/8th below the top. It does not tune in anything except the 10k drop on all freqs. Also from about channel 35, the clarifier unlocks the PLL at 9 o'clock and there is no tx or rx between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Im stumped. I removed the channel mod and the clarifier mod. There is nothing I can do to get it it track correctly on each channel. Also, when the channel mod was done, the hack used very different tuning caps and removed CT3. I figured that CT3 was needed to tune in the USB so I place one of hisvtuning caps in its place. Both AM and LSB align perfectly. USB wont tune any where close to the correct alignment. The first steps from the sams for aligning the modes all tune in at 10k under what they should be. Im lost.
