Philips FM92E Manual page 30

Conversion to 6 meters
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Unsolder the main & offset coils from the VCO board. Mark each coil as main and offset.
When Un-soldering, look at de-soldering points above; do not un-solder former mounting points.
Remember to cut glue off former mounting points. These are on the opposite side to the coil side. You
may have to heat up the glue to remove it.
Be careful of PCB pins, they bend and break easily.
Refit the old main coil into the offset's coil position.
Strip all wire from the old offset coil. Remember which way the coil was wound.
Scrape off old glue from former with scalpel and fine file.
If the IF frequency is 21.4 MHz then rewind with 8 turns of same size of wire [150 mm length, 0.63mm].
[or 146mm of Leon's enamel coated wire, 0.??mm] The same way as the old offset coil.
If the IF frequency is 10.7 MHz then rewind with 8 turns of same size of wire [150 mm length, 0.63mm].
[or 146mm of Leon's enamel coated wire, 0.??mm] The same way as the old offset coil.
Refit the old offset coil [now 8 turns] into the main's coil position.
Don't forget to use a hot glue gun or other method of securing the two coil formers to the ceramic board.
Philips FM92E Conversion to 6 Meters:
Version 3.9
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