Has anyone come up with a way to trouble shoot HR-1680 bds?

[Mike Bryce]

bob and the gang

I feel that the 1680 is one of the better receivers heathkit ever came  
out with. it looks good and even on todays bands, it can hold its own

as for the extender boards, yes, the connectors are just not out  
there. the pins are .093 molex, but I can't for the life of me find  
the sockets that I can make a new pcb work

so, to that end, i use micro grabber connectors that allow me to hook  
onto a test point and still have the pcb down into the radio.

slow...sure is, but it is workable.

I've also soldered small wires (resistor lead cutoffs) to various test  
points and used small clip leads to connect to.

mike

Mike, WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
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On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Robert Groh wrote:

As those of you who own HR-1680's know, trouble shooting the pc board  
assemblies (pwbs) without an extender is a bit of a challenge.  And,  
seemingly, the connectors needed to build an extender board are (as  
are the extender boards) 'unobtainium'.  Before I spend anytime trying  
to come up with a way to overcome this obstacle, I thought I would  
throw an inquiry out there to see if anyone else has any ideas to share.

73
Bob, WA2CKY

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