William F. Hagen wrote:
>
> Greetings all, just to say thanks to everyone for the advice on my amp
> problem.
> I replaced the capacitor in the tank circuit that had popped, it was the
> extra one, not shown on the schematic, and I replaced the missing one
> which was c45, across the coil, not sure what to call that one, the end
> of the tank?
Part of the pi-l filter I think would be better.
> Anyway, the darn thing works again, no problems, except it does seem
> difficult to tune at the bottom end of the 160 meter band. The dip is
> almost off the dial. I am wondering if a little more fixed capacitance
> would help, or maybe less, not sure.
> Luckily it was not a fried band switch or any other expensive part.
> I got lucky this time.
> 73's
> William F. Hagen kc6ufe
>
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