Wondering if anyone else has come up against a split slug in the BFO can on the R-388/51-J??
In my rig the BFO output has been low since I got it, and the last time I looked at it the top slug
is stuck, likely cracked and seized. I wanted to peak it up to get more output so I could hear SSB
without turing the aRefF gain down
quite so much... I was considering chucking it entirely and
doing the product detector mod, but I am worried that it won't do as good a job as the present
detector does on AM - I have no problem with the "super modulation" guys at all! Sounds sweet.
...comments on the product detector mod??
Any really good ideas, or better still anyone who HAS ONE (either the whole can or the guts) available??
...input would be appreciated.
(anyone with an extra J-4 style Xtal filter "IF can" let me know too...!)
The other issue is that I really don't want to get the thing OUT and then not have a back up
position... although likely that won't happen... anyone see that Murphy guy hanging about?
_-_-bear