My lock light would not light up when I ran the FRG 7 on internal batteries.? Member feedback suggested I had to adjust VR102 until the lock light would then come on for each band.? Maybe that will work for you too.
Neil
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Hi all,
My recently restored FRG-7 has developed a slightly annoying problem.? When cold, the 0, 1 & 2 MHz bands won't light up the 'lock' LED.? After some time warming up, the 0 & 2 MHz bands will lock, but the 1 MHz band never does.? However, at all times, if I centre
each MHz selection, the receiver works quite OK on all those bands, receiving signals just fine.
When going through the restoration, I replaced most capacitors - electrolytic, mylar / greencap / polyester - but not any of the disc ceramics.? Q102, 103 & 105 were replaced, too, but that shouldn't have any bearing on the lock LED lighting on some bands and
not others.? I realigned the FRG-7 back about 6 months ago, and all was fine then.
The problem is likely to be either with the comb generator Q301 / D301 / D302 not producing enough level down around 3-5 MHz, or the 1st oscillator Q201 not producing enough level down around 55-57 MHz, or perhaps an issue with the mixer Q106.
Maybe VR102 is simply just set too fine?? Before I go ripping into the radio and checking levels from the 1st osc or comb generator, has anyone else experienced this issue, and recall what the cause was?
Thanks,
Jason
