[Today’s run: Limerock Road – 4+ miles]
We had a good strong run this morning. And I can feel it this afternoon. It’s just after 5 and I’m thinking I would like a hot bath then go to bed.
Anyway, Since I’m thinking about getting rid of this NCX-5 transceiver I decided to fix it up a bit. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense but my mind works that way.
I had done a couple of modifications to it long ago. One was to add a three-legged voltage regulator to the VFO circuit instead of a zener diode. I don’t know why I was thinking that a 12-volt regulator would be a good replacement for a 6 volt zener. It did work. But I have now taken that mod out.
I had replaced the filter capacitors in the separate power supply at the very beginning. And I had replaced a couple of on-board electrolytics in the early days of my acquisition. But they were hanging down below the chassis and the wiring was a mess. So this morning I fired up the big soldering iron and got the failed multi-section twist-lock cap off out of there. I hope to restuff it with some working caps and get it put back on.
I may have to do some VFO alignment after all of that. Then we will see if it is worth keeping or if I’ll take it to the hamfest in January.
