I found a mint looking Drake 2B that came with the original 3 crystals for 40, 20 and 10 meters. The problem is that I just receive white noise on the 80 meter band but with the band switched on 40 meters I can receive 80 meters fine and hear 80 on 20 and 10 also but very weak. The freq tracks perfect for 80 meters while band switched to 40 (confirmed with another receiver). So, the crystal osc doesn't seem to be working. Don't think its a tube after checking tubes and doing a little swapping so must be a problem in the crystal osc section (did the neg volt test on lug next to V2 and it stayed positive (not oscillating). I also did voltage checks on tubes V1-V4 but had to use a DVM. Had +1.95v on pin 8 and +.49mv on pin 9 of V2. Also +3.26 on Pin 1 of V3. Those were the only readings that didn't seem right? Is it possible that a golden screwdriver got to it? Any suggestions on where to look? Thanks, Lew
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