[TenTec] Paragon logic board

[Mike Bryce]

I have new ones coming.  Ill wait till they show up as removal of the logic pcb is a kicker. 

While there is a 22 of cap and a resistor used in the oscillator I would suspect the rock before the ceramic cap failure. 

I have a CPU coming in, too

Mike wb8vge 

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On Aug 22, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Mike, just be sure the substitute crystal is the type sold for computer clocks, or another way of saying that is it has the same capacitance spec as the original xtal.  It could be a failure of the crystal but most are pretty rugged.
> Worth a try to just bridge another crystal of the same frequency in parallel and see if any signs of life to the oscillator.  You could just tack solder on the new crystal for this test.  You don't care if the oscillator is slightly off, just that you get a signal out.
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> After all, the use of two parallel crystals was common for broadening a VXO a few years back in QRP rigs.
> -Stuart Rohre
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