500 Radio Faults - Third Edition Revised

Technical troubleshooting guide for radio receiver faults and repairs. Third revised edition. Covers fault diagnosis, localization methods for panel and component defects, circuit analysis, and practical repair procedures. Contains detailed electrical schematics and voltage measurement techniques for alternating current receivers and tube-based radio equipment.

Table of contents:

• Receiver silent even on pick-up (alternating current) (p. 7)
• Receiver silent even on pick-up (low-drain) (p. 34)
• Receiver works poorly on pick-up: Hum (p. 40)
• Receiver works poorly on pick-up: Oscillation feedback (p. 54)
• Receiver works poorly on pick-up: Motor-Boating (p. 58)
• Receiver works poorly on pick-up: Lack of power (p. 61)
• Receiver works poorly on pick-up: Distortion (p. 83)
• Various audio frequency faults (p. 104)
• Receiver works on pick-up but silent on radio (p. 112)
• Lack of sensitivity (p. 140)
• Hum on transmitter stations (p. 168)
• Non-functioning on certain wavebands (p. 176)
• Poor performance on short wave (p. 198)
• Oscillation and whistling (p. 208)
• Station frequency shift (p. 220)
• Various HF faults (p. 224)