HW8 Receive Gain

[Chuck W4MIL]

In a message dated 2/28/01 22:33:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dthom at PENRITHCITY.NSW.GOV.AU writes:

>  Ruling out a fault
>  in the alignment, is there a higher gain receive transistor you can put in
>  the front end of this radio.


David,

If a good checkout of voltages, etc and an alignment don't help then you can
substitute a 2N4416 or equivalent for the MPF105 which is the front-end FET.
The substitute will improve the receiver and you will notice the AF control
will not need setting as high as before.

Good luck

73 de W4MIL

Chuck

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