Back to work with electronics ...
Sep
25
Written by:
9/25/2009 1:22 PM
Recently I've worked a lot to get our Saab Safir airworthy but last night I finally got a chance to get back in my workshop to work with electronics again. The reason that forced me back to my workshop was that the COMM / NAV radio of the airplane suddenly decided to stop working ...
Note the frequency of Eskilstuna/Kjula (ESSU) AFIS tuned-in on the radio 
It's been years since last time I worked with old analogue radio equipment so I was a bit unsure if I would be able to fix the radio. However, the fault turned out to be a bad capacitor that short-circuited the power supply to ground so I managed to repair the radio rather quickly ...
Internals of the COMM / NAV box. Note the large frequency selectors to the right in the picture ... I really love vintage electronics!
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