I finally figured this one out............it was the AGC amp transistor.
Unfortunately, it is an NPN germanium device, but just as an experiment I
tried a silicon device. No more overloading, but I will try to find some
germanium replacements.

Pete

"Pete KE9OA" wrote in message
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I wish I could...........it is very hard to see into the depths of the
bandswitch assembly. Picture the RF section of a BC-348 in miniature. I am
going to give it another go later on this evening. I would like to get
those other two units working.

Pete

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Pete KE9OA wrote:
The meter comes after the AGC transistor. The AGC circuit consists of a
germanium detector diode with a low-pass filter that feeds a DC
amplifier.
The amplified DC voltage controls the gain of the 3 I.F. stages and the
RF
amplifier. It is almost impossible to get at the RF amplifier and the
mixer.
These devices are embedded in the bandswitch assembly, along with two of
the
AGC diodes. Now, if one of those diodes is cracked, that could also cause
a
problem.

Can you get into the switch assembly well enough to use a DMM with
a diode test function? An open germanium diode is definitely a prime
suspect. If you find an open one, you can just solder a replacement one
in parallel, since a little extra shunt capacitance won't hurt in this
case and it will prevent having to do further disassembly.
--scott


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