Pride 150 adjustment points

[Lkaskel]

Good Day Everyone,
I picked up a Pride 150 in great condition (inside pic attached). I tried it out on air and a local op siad it sounds great on AM but bad on SSB. His comment was that it sounds like it's not biased correctly. There are 2 varicaps on the inside and I am wondering if it may be out of adjustment. The pic attached shows them. Any thoughts on adjusting them and what I am using to measure the adjustment such as my watt meter, scope etc.?

Thanks as always!!!

 

[AudioShockwav]

The two varicaps are for input and tuning.
Unfortunately that amp has no bias, you can see the input transformer is grounded through a choke.
Class c.
AM ok, SSB not so much that's why it sounds crunchy.

73
Jeff

 

[Lkaskel]

The two varicaps are for input and tuning.
Unfortunately that amp has no bias, you can see the input transformer is grounded through a choke.
Class c.
AM ok, SSB not so much that's why it sounds crunchy.

73
Jeff

Thanks for the clarification Jeff!!!