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Default AM/FM radio troubleshooting

On Sun, 22 May 2011 21:53:33 -0700, spamtrap1888 wrote:

On May 22, 6:41Â*pm, Meat Plow wrote:


Start with the first RF amp. It's probably a superhet so there will be
a 455 osc and mixer. After that a couple rf amps and the the detector.

Google a superhetrodyne receiver. This one uses ICs but the basics are
the same

http://www.seekic.com/uploadfile/ic-...7173226815.gif

Should give you some insight as to where the signal is being lost in
the path.


How do you tune the radio in that schematic


Tune as in select a frequency? Maybe by mind control? It's just a crude
example, not meant to be a service diagram.


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