{Collins} Re: WHEN SHOULD LSB XTAL Y15 BE REPLACED IN 75S-3 RECEIVER?



Hello neighbor!

 

Look in the manual.  There is a diode switched capacitor on the top of the PTO box that is adjusted to fix that problem.  I have successfully replaced a bad diode with a generic 1N34 from my junk box.  I have no idea how or why that diode would go out but it’s an easy and quick repair if you find the capacitor isn’t adjusting the USB/LSB offset.

 

Of course it could also be an aged crystal.

 

Ian, K6SDE

 

 


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Subject: {Collins} WHEN SHOULD LSB XTAL Y15 BE REPLACED IN 75S-3 RECEIVER?

 

Team, my understanding is that crystals Y15 and Y16 provide the proper BFO frequency relationships to the mechanical filter passband in a 75S-3 to yield optimum audio response from the 75S-3 product detector. I also understand that crystal Y15 is the crystal used for LSB and crystal Y16 is the crystal used for USB. When I zero beat my 75S-3 against the calibrator signal the receiver zero beats at the same dial frequency position for AM, USB and CW EMISSION switch positions provided the BFO control set to zero. If I leave everything else alone and simply switch the EMISSION switch to LSB I have to move the tuning dial up in frequency approximately 2 ½ KHz to zero beat. Is it time for me to replace the LSB crystal Y15? I suspect this problem will also affect transceiver operation in LSB mode with a 32S-1 or 32S-3 transmitter using the 75S-3 receiver to control both receive and transmit frequencies. I would very much appreciate learning if others have experienced this and what they did to remedy it. Thanks, Ted, K6XN    



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