"Radio" wrote in message
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.. I have had an S-38 on the shelf for a few years and
finally got
around to recapping it this weekend. All went well and it
does play
but not as well as I figure it should. I did find one loose
wire that
is attached to S1B terminal “O” and goes nowhere. There is
another
lead attached to that same terminal which goes to the
antenna terminal
lug 4. I don’t see this extra lead on the circuit diagram
and it does
appear to be a lead that was there when the rig was built.
It look
like a cream colored lead with red stripes. I wonder if
anyone has
any idea where this lead is supposed to go? I

There is a readable S-38 manual at Nostalgia Air and I
think also at BAMA.
From the schematic neither wire belongs there. The
terminal on the bandswitch goes to the top of the secondary
of the RF transformer for Band-2. My schematic shows only
three antenna lugs and they are not numbered. I suspect that
both wires may have been someone's modification.
The "gimmic" mentioned by another poster is used for
the BFO and is not in this section of the RX. I have an S-38
and could look at the bottom if you like but have no way to
make photos of it.



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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL