Carbon composition resistors drift up in value as they age.
You can leave as is if the radio performs well.
You can replace with modern carbon film, metal film or others to get the
voltages back where they were designed to be.
The performance may improve and tube life may be extended.
Glenn
WB4UIV
On 9/2/2024 10:31 AM, Barry wrote:
Did Collins specify what input impedance a meter should be to properly read the
resistance values in the manuals? I did see where a TS-352 was mentioned but
that's selectable between 20,000 ohms/volt and 1,000 ohms/volt.
I started checking the RF Deck in my R-390 and, starting with V201, I noted a
few values that are significantly high. I was using a modern DMM with 10M
input impedance so not sure if that could be the problem but I doubt it would
account for that much difference but who knows.
The voltages were off a bit as well but not nearly as much as the resistance
values. I suspect the radio will still work with wacky voltages but the R
values really have me thinking I have work to do.
Thanks,
Barry - N4BUQ
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