Speaking of crystals, I just repaired a bad 25.0 Mhz unit in my 2A. Swapping one from one of my 2B's indicated that it was indeed the crystal. I took old crystal apart (hang upside down with vicegrips holding leads, warm with propane torch on as low a setting as possible, lid slides off in seconds). Indeed, one of the conductive epoxy joints to the spring that connects to the header had fractured off.
Electronic goldmine had a replacement unit for 75 cents or so, in one of the miniature holders. Soldered new crystal to the old header, soldered old can back onto header (with soldering iron, not torch !) and away we go! Works fine. About 10 minutes total repair time... 73 John K5MO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
