Hallicrafters S-108 IF transformer

[Bob W5UQ]

good for you Eric.  Now that's how a real ham works... "digs in"...  :-)
The transformer was a throw away anyway. 
CONGRATS.   Bob  W5UQ

Eric Lawson wrote:
> I got lucky.  I figured I couldn't hurt the transformer, so I started
> carefully unwinding turns from the secondary and about 20 turns into the
> process, I found the break.  I replaced the capacitors, which I (after
> getting my micrometer and dial caliper out, and guessing the mica's
> dielectric constant at 7.2) determined to be 392pF.
>
> The transformer works fine and the radio does play, although the AGC still
> isn't working correctly.
>
> I do think I may have another IF can that is starting to fail--probably
> fromthe same cause.  The IF transformer appeared to be the cause of a +6V
> potential on the AGC line, and I also noticed that it does not tune correctly.
>
> Eric
>
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