From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:15:31 -0800 (PST), "Peter W."   
    wrote:   
      
   >> It's sitting on the bench open and behaving, but I can induce   
   >> problem with mech RF board movement or by reassembly at any time.   
   >   
   >And that is your best clue!   
   >   
   >I suspect that there is an intermittent in one (or more) component on the RF   
   board - a lifted leg, cracked leg, cold solder or similar that goes   
   intermittent with heat, vibration, or just plain cussedness. Not knowing (but   
   suspecting) this board is    
   mostly SMT devices, if you have a thin bamboo skewer, you might try tapping on   
   the individual components to try and get to a specific culprit.   
   >   
   >Good luck with it!   
   >   
   >Peter Wieck   
   >Melrose Park, PA   
      
   RF board on the ATS is through hole, I'm not sure how much   
   of the digital board is SMD   
      
   Think pre-1987.   
      
   The actual reception is fine.   
      
   I replaced the clock batteries, seeing as how it was open anyways   
   and reassembled the thing, under operating power, when and while   
   it continued to behave normally.   
      
   Issue hasn't recurred, but is expected it to show up again.   
   Squeezing the body in the display area no longer produces   
   the symptoms, though.   
      
   Will check the schematic to speculate, in the meantime.   
      
   RL   
      
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