I had fired up the valiant and was talking to some people for less than 5 minutes. Next I heard a hissing sound I assume the fuse in the power cord. After replacing the fuse I only have about 150 mA of plate current. Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong?
I should mention that if the ocsilator switch is in the C1 position I have the problem as described above. How ever if it is in the VFO position i have plenty of Plate current. I was using an xtal when this problem happend.
Thanks
Fuses generally don't hiss. If the rig works fine (you only said "I have plenty of plate current") in the VFO position and doesn't in the crystal position, then the problem lies somewhere in the crystal circuitry section. i.e. intermittent connection, cold soldered connection, intermittent bridged connection, carbon track somewhere, etc.