The four trimmers provided for C32, C34, C44, and C46 are supposed to be
5-30pF ceramics but the ones supplied appear to be quite different.
They have a brown plastic type body and don't appear to be ceramic. I
can find no markings on the trimmers to indicate their capacitance. The
inside
Kev,
Those are the trimmer caps that are currently used. Yes, they are not
ceramic, but they have good temperature compensation characteristics
(better than the original ceramics).
Observe the flat side orientation when installing those capacitors so
they can be properly adjusted when
I have now completed up to the start of Assembly, Part III, P67, with
all tests and alignments done.
AND BEST OF ALL, it works!! I have actually heard several strong SSB
signals on 40M.. YAAYY!!
Although I am limited with test equipment, I've managed to pass all tests.
But I will
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