[heathkit] drifting and jumping and chirping etc;;;;;;

[Alan Beck <becka@eastlink.ca>]

I made my RX as clean as possible to monitor my note.

I put it in tune mode and watched the grid current.

It was wavering .2 ma continuously.

Fiddling with the function switch did nothing.

Rather interesting.

I just listened to the VFO note, key down no AVC on the HR-10.

When the grid current jumps, the note changes in the RX, this is in tune
mode, not TX. The grid current also jumps in TX.

Now, when I test the Output voltage on the plate at resonance, VSWR
tuned 1:1, all grounds star grounds. The voltage stays OK normal does
not waver when I hear the pitch change. When I watch the power on my
surprisingly nice HM-102 power meter, nothing changes.

The only time I see and hear change is when the grid current changes on
the meter.

I guess the key down grid block is not "stiff".

Any thoughts before I go and get freeze spray?

73,

Alan 

Something is hooped, big time.