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<div>Glen Zook, K9STH has detailed instructions on the repair here:</div><div><span><br style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);"></span><a href="http://nebula.wsimg.com/d6a8106142d...50C433DB440D6B60D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nebula.wsimg.com/d6a8106142d...50C433DB440D6B60D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Allen, W9DZ</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 7:20:57 AM CDT, Bob G3OOU via Heath <heath@puck.nether.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Rich<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Your LMO problem is almsot certainly due to the lubrucant having dried <br clear="none">out on the rotor contact and capacitor bearings inside the LMO. This is <br clear="none">relatively easy to fix but requires some patience to remove the LMO from <br clear="none">the chassis. You will need to slacken the front panel and remove the <br clear="none">main tuning control and its friction connection to the dial assembly. <br clear="none">Best to study the user manual and various documents that have been <br clear="none">published on this topic before commencing work.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">73<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Bob<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Bob F Burns G3OOU, G-QRP 6907, @BobFBurns<br clear="none">Crystal Palace Radio & Electronics Club: <a shape="rect" href="http://cprec.btck.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cprec.btck.co.uk/</a><br clear="none">Technical web site: www.qsl.net/g3oou<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 30/10/2018 23:08, Rich Sahlender wrote:<br clear="none">> I thought there may be others on the list that woulod want to know this.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I received an email from RTO that they are cancelling all service<br clear="none">> requests on the waiting list. They will complete service on what they<br clear="none">> have received thus far but if you were waiting for the "go ahead and<br clear="none">> ship" as I was... well... the notification will not be coming.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Some years ago I bought a SB-102 from someone on this list. It has been<br clear="none">> on the shelf waiting for me to get around to restoring it since. I have<br clear="none">> been working on so much other old gear I just never seem to get around<br clear="none">> to the 102 so figured I'd give RTO a try. I am disappointed of course<br clear="none">> but understand that RTO has done a lot of good work for us over the<br clear="none">> years although I have not had an occasion to use their services until<br clear="none">> now. I am sure they will be missed.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> With regards to my 102 I have it receiving on all bands. It seems<br clear="none">> sensitive enough but there is an issue that I expect is related to the<br clear="none">> LMO. From the low end of each band to the middle the receive is very<br clear="none">> stable. From the middle to the high end it is for lack of a better word<br clear="none">> "warbly". Any suggestions on what this might be other than the LMO?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Xmit also works with low drive. I imagine it also work with higher drive<br clear="none">> but every time I crank it up above 90 watts or so while in tune it blows<br clear="none">> the fuse in the Hp-23. I rebuilt the HP-23 with one of the boards from<br clear="none">> Harbach but the old circuit breaker was toast so I replaced that with a<br clear="none">> fuse holder. I don't recall if I had 3 or 5 amp fuses in there while<br clear="none">> tuning the 102 and blowing several fuses in the process. I figured this<br clear="none">> was something else that RTO would handle after fixing the "warbly"<br clear="none">> receive.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Anyway any suggestions appreciated. I am not really up for messing with<br clear="none">> the internals of the LMO so if the concensus on the warbly receive is to<br clear="none">> tear into the LMO I may just offer it up here to someone more capable<br clear="none">> than I or as a parts unit etc...<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Tnx es 73 de Rich WA3WLH<br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Heath mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Heath@puck.nether.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heath@puck.nether.net</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath</a><div class="ydp95d4f862yqt9405121298" id="ydp95d4f862yqtfd27742"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Heath mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Heath@puck.nether.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heath@puck.nether.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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