Fisher 202R Part 2 - How to do FM Sweep Alignment

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xraytonyb

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@mrpedrodrodriguezsr7628
@mrpedrodrodriguezsr7628 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing the procedure. You sharing involves a lot of things that other people don't want to share with us and that is selfish on their part. THANKS, AGAIN!!!
@jonathanwoodard8571
@jonathanwoodard8571 2 ай бұрын
Kudos to you Tony for making this video! This is one of the best explained and easy to follow videos I have seen on performing a visual FM alignment. Great job!
@ko2fjb
@ko2fjb 2 ай бұрын
Great explanation Tony but I feel some things are better on analog scopes. I really appreciate your channel and have learned quite a bit.
@MrMersh-ts7jl
@MrMersh-ts7jl 2 ай бұрын
That's one of the best s curves I've ever seen doing a swept alignment. Great work. Now I know why I saw the PACO and asked about it a few vids back! Thanks again for the lessons!
@schorse1000
@schorse1000 Ай бұрын
The almost ideal signal generator for radio repair is the Rohde & Schwarz SMK. It goes from 10Hz to 140MHz, has AM and FM modulation with a 150Hz, 400Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz or 15kHz tone (or external modulation, even both for 2-tone modulation). It can even use AM and FM together. The output goes from 0.025µV to 2V. And a sweep function (3Hz, 30Hz, 100Hz) with a triangle signal. So you can easily use a scope in x-y mode and the trace just goes back and forth. I really love that thing!
@Hellhound604
@Hellhound604 2 ай бұрын
Interesting and highly educational video. After seeing your alignment procedure with the wobbulator, now I remember why I prefer adjusting the IF with a spectrum analyzer/tracking generator.
@greengrayradio1394
@greengrayradio1394 2 ай бұрын
Nice, instructive video, Tony! I would agree, and would use an analog oscilloscope. The final tweaks really brought nice THD values!
@sguttag
@sguttag 2 ай бұрын
I noticed that the dial indicator (at least for FM) tended to "see-saw" which would mean that getting the accuracy ultra-perfect would be dependent on which direction you were tuning the dial.
@jeremiahchamberlin4499
@jeremiahchamberlin4499 2 ай бұрын
My first HiFi purchase was a Fisher tuner of this vintage, which I believe had the multiplex FM (I didn’t know what it was). My unit had a 2nd chassis mounted below the tuner chassis labeled ‘preamp.’ There was an eight pin connector between the two chassis. It sounded much better, and tuned much better, than the stereo Sansui that replaced it. It was 1971. I wish I had it still, even if it was monaural. 🙂
@WECB640
@WECB640 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tony. Measuring the THD is definitely the "icing on the cake". This is the step that separates the tech on the assembly line from the one with time and patience to really nail it. Lastly, with all the very high levels of composite clipping that most of the FM broadcasters use, this level of low THD is often not obtainable no matter what equipment is available to the end consumer because it's not there in the OTA signal. Even antenna bays are not aligned to spec and cause skewing of the sidebands, but few pay attention anymore. I think only the broadcasters that program classical music today are paying attention to the actual "quality" of the audio being modulated. Just an old man here waxing poetic. Keep up the great work and keep showing the viewer how it is done the right way. Far too much incorrect information on the internet now polluting the truth. 73 OM
@jdmccorful
@jdmccorful 2 ай бұрын
Well said!
@Dutch-linux
@Dutch-linux 2 ай бұрын
Thanx Tony another good video
@davewilliams5932
@davewilliams5932 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tony. Is to ok to use a 100v filter capacitor in place of a 35v filter capacitor in a vintage receiver?.
@EJP286CRSKW
@EJP286CRSKW 2 ай бұрын
You should not have touched the tubing dial while tweaking the detector. That’s moving the goalposts. I would say your IF ended up too peaked, by the touchy tuning. You should have taken a closer look at the IF curves when you had them, instead of using the detector probe.
@MrMersh-ts7jl
@MrMersh-ts7jl 2 ай бұрын
I had to follow up question: with the 2015 THD meter, when measuring THD do you have to input a signal for it to look for? I know with a r&s unit I have and the HP audio analyzer you have to punch in the signal frequency for it to measure. I hope this question makes sense.
@EJP286CRSKW
@EJP286CRSKW 2 ай бұрын
Of course you do. You have to have s signal whose distortion to measure.
@xraytonyb
@xraytonyb 2 ай бұрын
The 2015 has an auto mode, which automatically locks onto the fundamental frequency. You can also manually set it to a set fundamental. The 2015 also has a built-in low distortion signal generator, but I don't use it.
@MrMersh-ts7jl
@MrMersh-ts7jl 2 ай бұрын
@@xraytonyb I appreciate it! It looks like the price is for them have pretty much stabilized. I would love a nice bench meter and the THD and generator it's a nice addition. Thank you for the info
@zulumax1
@zulumax1 2 ай бұрын
4:00 Kind of confusing how some engineers refer to TP as a "test point" on a schematic, while others refer to TP as a common "tie point" on an unused terminal on a valve, vacuum tube, or terminal strip. (edit: added timestamp)
@Manhattanman52
@Manhattanman52 2 ай бұрын
The FM alignment is a can of worms.
@jdmccorful
@jdmccorful 2 ай бұрын
A Great demonstration with alot of "pitfalls" !! Trade secrets, I believe you were trying to say in the beginning of your intro. I figured alot of this out by just repitition of alignment sequence. Still, I won't spend $2K or more for a good 2015. Past that in my time. I enjoy the thorough style of your work, thank you.
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