All ready gave that one a try.
Even with the 2.4 kHz filter the sig strength is way down.
Mike wb8vge
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On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume it has a 6khz xtal filter. One thing you might try is
> pulling that filter and wiring a cap across the active terminals of
> the empty filter slot and see if that makes a difference in the
> receive signal strength.
>
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar@sssnet.com> wrote:
>> Boys and girls,
>>
>> the Paragon project I picked up at Dayton is coming to a end.
>>
>> Got the display working, the PA is now doing 100 watts on all bands. Audio
>> on SSB is now fine.
>>
>> but there is one nagging problem I can't seem to locate----it's the AM rec
>>
>> It does rec AM, but the signal is quite a bit lower than on SSB
>>
>> tune in WWV at 10.000
>>
>> On AM, very little signal, won't move the s-meter
>>
>> On USB/LSB 20+ on the s-meter
>>
>> The 4066 is working, there's not much coming into it in the AM mode
>>
>> Pulled the IF/AF board, checked the AM IF and DET transistors, all just fine.
>>
>> while I was at it, I put in a new 10 mfd cap in the slow AGC circuit as well.
>>
>> I can't seem to find a fault, so I'm wonder, is this the way the paragon
>> works on AM? Doesn't seem right to me.
>>
>> Any ideas or feedback would be welcome
>>
>> mike, wb8vge
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