So we'll be seeing your own offering soon? I have constructed well over 30 of these and only a small handful have caused any real issues. In fact I can almost stuff one without referring to the diagrams. Believe me, they do working if you solder them to together properly. However, I do agree with you on one point. The board do take a long time to assemble and in marginal cases it is simply quicker to run a repair as you have found. I would only consider a clone in the case of severe battery damage.
Bye,
Andy
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Scott" <painintheamp@...> wrote:
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> Because these dont wanna work very well , I started double checking res values. One place that's weirding me out is across R77. Old boards measure about 40 K ohms ( with other components in circuit) . The new boards measure about 180K ohms ( the value of R77 alone)
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> I've built 3 and at this point it would have been easier to rework the originals. 30 yrs in electronics engineering and test and I'm not happy with these AT ALL
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