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UPDATE: Turns out that it was a resistor that had good continuity on onecsidenofcthe board, and no continuity on the other side of the board. A good reflow solved the problem. Thanks for the support guys!

Pics won't be easy to do. The Sams is actually a better illustration than any pic I can provide. Im gonna look for issues above the board.

It could very well be. I did reflow what looked like bad solder on the bottom of the board. This was fixed before I got it. Some runs were repaired. Some bad solder joints could be or runs on the top side for sure. Im gonna flux the area and reflow all that has to do with 48 to each collector...

I appreciate the info. I am fully aware how the sams spread out connections to indicate points of contact. At the top 1, 50 and 48, i get the correct voltage. That rules out transformer winding issues right there. Thanks though. Appreciate the help. 73s

I have this radio and Im pulling out my hair with it. I only have the sams for it and I m having the wierdest problem with voltage getting to the driver and final. These voltages all appear correct. The transmitter gets its voltage from #1. The next part shows #1 feeding a diode going up throgh...

Correct. Not long after this post I saw that on the schematic and parts list. Thanks!

Yeah I saw that. Nothing in the parts list either. Found it strange that it appeared to have been gone over with what seemed to be a fresh cold solder flow. Im gonna start at changing the VCO to see if I get my 5.5 volts down to 3.6v and take it from there. Thanks for the confirmation on that...

Thanks! I ordered 2 from microchipz. My slug is fine. Nobody tried to mess with it other than me. I think the vco in the lafayette 140 ssb is the same. I have a good one here. Gonna try swapping it out to see if the change causes the lafayette to die or work, and the superbase to work or be the...

Thatd great and exactly what I needed to hear. If I get the VCO working yhen I can move on down the page if its working. I asked him to send me an invoice for 2.

Coming from a guy who calls himsel ILLUSTRIOUS PROSTATE lol. Sorry, I couldnt help myself.

Was it anpop in fix or did he have to do any mods to install it?

I'll check all that. Thanks!

So what you're saying is that your tech was suggesting microchipz vco11 was nothing more than a suggestion and not a tried and true testament of actually using thr microchipz product? Im a bit confused

Hey Nomad, firstly, I appreciate your support to the hobby in this forum. As for the coil cans I've worked with in the past, they had a disk shaped silver mica sheet that circled the base of the transformer inside the case. I often saw them in 5 tube AM brodcast desk type radios. The cans would...

I have the service manual for the T. It just wont tune up enough

I contacted microchipz and this is what they told me. Is there anyone else in thevforum that can vouch for the VCO version 1.1 from these guys before I send them a bunch of money? Shipping to Canada is crazy money from the UK. Here's that screen shot of what he said...

Thats EXACTLY what mine is doing. Thanks mate! Im gonna look into this today!

Yup. I call em cans. Not to be mistaken for the big old caps though. Yeah. A lot of these transformer cans have caps in them that fail. I know that in the newer radios the slug positioning can be a tell tale sign of a bad internal cap. Small pico value. Ive seen these go bad and spark in...

Lots af great info. Thanks guys. Im gonna recap the mofo andcsee wherevthst gets me. Something tells me that the vco msy still work and if not, I'll borrow one from one of my other cybernet chassis.

Great video. Ive seen a lot of his videos. Pretty easy to restore the VCO it seems. I just have to figure out how to test the block for functionality first.