First time inside one of these. Symptoms: 1. Won't lock onto 19KHz pilot below about 9% pilot on 1mV RF at aerial, resulitng in switching to mono, stereo lamp going out, etc. 2. L and R channels are s

Hi guys, I have a Channel Master CM-3016 antenna. It does not perform as well as my Atennacraft FM6 for FM. I don't watch TV and don't care about receiving TV signals. Here's the antenna: https://www.

Hi all, As it seems the references to Camille's snubber seem to have vanished from the universe (= internet), I ask for some clarification from those that implemented it (though, funny enough, I imple

Hello all, I am very new on this group. I'm from France (sorry for my mistakes in English). I already own two high end FM Tuners : a are Tag McLaren T32R and an Onkyo T-488F. Both are great sounding.

Howdy group, Thought I'd add a log of work and some acquired information on undertakings on this ST-5000FW I've been working on for a bit now. I recently got this pretty cheap after a bunch of unsucce

Subject: American band! Would you by any chance have an idea how to increase the frequency range this tube FM tuner from the german standard 87 - 100 MHz of the 50's to the standard now to 106.5 MHz?

Hello everyone, I’m in need of your sage advice. My Denon TU-800 is a wonderful tuner, its strengths are its sensitivity, bass and holographic sound. Unlike my hot rod Sansui TU-9900, it is not transp

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the FMtuners@groups.io group. /Sony ST-5000FW rebuild/Sony ST-5000FW - boar

I did an experiment this weekend, throwing together a simple impedance-matching test circuit which allowed me to measure a few 10.7 MHz ceramic IF filters using my new NanoVNA-F analyzer. The circuit

Hello, All. I'm a longtime member and lurker, and really enjoy learning from your posts. A couple of weeks ago, I asked about your experiences with Denon tuners. I've owned four, including a TU-747, t

On the question of cap selection for Bycap2 and CPS4 The picture you referred to uses a tantalum electrolytic for CPS4, and yes, stacked metal film panasonic for bycap2. The values used here are not t

Good day one and all from Montreal Quebec. i have a few tuners currently, and onkyo 9090 (anybody interested?) an hitachi ft-8000 (nice!) and 2 sherwood lamp tuners (one s-3000 III (no mpx) and one 22

*Hello every body. Please stay home and safe in these trying times. Here in quebec there is a general lockdown, all activites have ceased businesses are closed. time to say home! Please is anybody usi

I just had a question via email about high distortion in the Nikko Gamma I, wide IF setting. Here's the old exchange from 2003 between Ryan and me https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FMtuners/conversa

I just this week received one and so far, it sounds better then the Yamaha T-80, T-85 and the Sony ST-J75 that I’ve owned. None have been professionally aligned and all seemed to be working pretty goo

The 2 dial lights have been flickering in the dimmed position for some time now and it's becoming a little annoying. Yes, I could just switch the dimmer off, but I prefer the lower light. I replaced t

Terra cotta should have moderate losses, I would think... more when it's wet than when it's dry. Even with its losses you'll probably get better results from an attic antenna than from something indoo

Members, Please change the subject instead of replying to another topic with a new question. It is simple - either by mail or on the website. Hit reply, and then delete the old subject, and type in th

Hello all, Another question for the tuner savvy people out there. For a while I've been bedeviled by thermal drift in the Pioneer SX-780/880 receiver tuners that I've aligned. Since this affected pret

Which plastic tuning tools are recommended by group members? On an unrelated note, I will have to say that group activity has seemed to increase since the switch to Groups.io. A good thing. Scott