Hi John Thanks very much for your reply. I just bought the 32V-3 and I really don't want to touch it. I would like someone who knows alot about this transmitter to look at it. I will pay for repair. Hopefully someone here in NJ can look at it. Great forum here......Rich KF2GG
--- John Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a 32V3 for awhile and it had poor audio > especially after being on the > air for about 233 min. The scope showed a trapezoid > looking wave (clipped > with a slope, instead of a nice sign wave, > especially on the low freq tones. > This, I remembered from school, happens when a XFMR > is reaching saturation > so I started looking and sure enough it was from the > driver XFMR. But it > showed real nice for the first couple of min. and > then started saturating. > Further investigation proved the XFMR was OK but the > cathode bias resistor > on the driver tube was going down in value and as > plate current increased > through the driver XFMR it would saturate. > Replacement of the cathode > resistor solved the trouble. > > John, WA5BXO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of rjbarn > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AMRadio] Collins 32V-3 Need Repaired In NJ > > Hi > I have a Collins 32V-3 and I get reports that the > carrier is fine but the audio is fussy, rough. > But people can understand me but not very clear > audio. > I'm using a non amplified d-104. > Is there anyone here in NJ that can repair it? > Of course I will pay for repair. > My first time on this mailing list. > Hope to here from someone. Really looking forward to > getting on AM. Must be in NJ for repair. > Thanks........Rich KF2GG 973-857-1195 > Cedar Grove NJ Essex County. > Will travel in NJ to get repaired. :) > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
