I have new ones coming. Ill wait till they show up as removal of the logic pcb
is a kicker.
While there is a 22 of cap and a resistor used in the oscillator I would
suspect the rock before the ceramic cap failure.
I have a CPU coming in, too
Mike wb8vge
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On Aug 22, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Mike, just be sure the substitute crystal is the type sold for computer
> clocks, or another way of saying that is it has the same capacitance spec as
> the original xtal. It could be a failure of the crystal but most are pretty
> rugged.
> Worth a try to just bridge another crystal of the same frequency in parallel
> and see if any signs of life to the oscillator. You could just tack solder
> on the new crystal for this test. You don't care if the oscillator is
> slightly off, just that you get a signal out.
>
> After all, the use of two parallel crystals was common for broadening a VXO a
> few years back in QRP rigs.
> -Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
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