Check the AVC and detector stages. Also, I recall that Hammarlund also issued one or two service bulletins on the 170 AVC section.
Pete, wa2cwa On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:35:01 -0600 "A.R.S. - W5AMI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a HQ-170 in mothballs that I want to get in line for a good > old rx. Last time I used it something happened where in AM mode, > the > audio was badly distorted. I suspect something in the AGC/AVC > circuit, however if I remember right, it was not easy to isolate, so > I > boxed it up for later. In SSB, it sounds fine, just AM has the > problem. Any suggestions on where to look first from some of you > HQ-170 owners out there? > > 73 Brian > w5ami ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]

