14-12-2013, 04:41 PM
(14-12-2013, 04:17 PM)lol30 Wrote: i soldered in the diode between pins 5 & 6 on no 3 from underneath just to test it out & it did not make a lot of difference... ... i was having a prod around with a pencil & when i touch the wave change switch terminal (the one that goes to the tuning capacitor)the volume shoots up considerably
Hi Laurie,
From what you've said the detector diode may not be the problem after all then, it seems to be the waveband switch contacts. As I pointed out earlier in the thread, they are no doubt oxidised and need a squirt of Servisol 10 to clean them up.
Regards
