Sonar FS-2340

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Sonar FS-2340

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GF,

Ever widened up a Sonar FS-2340?

Was thinking fatten up the caps inside and put rack gear into the mic jack? What do you think?
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Looks like it would be easier to inject after the clipper. I'll write up how tomorrow or the next day.
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Thanks GF!

I just came into possession of a like-new FS-2340. Clipper board isn't even bypassed yet.

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Disconnect the coax from points 105 and 106 on the clipper board output and direct inject the coax.
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Change C71 to a .22uF, 250 volt (or higher) disk, polyester or mylar.
Change C74 to a .22uF, 400 volt (or higher) disk, polyester or mylar.
Change C75 to a 10uF, 50 volt electrolytic, observe polarity

Changing these caps also widens the receive automatically. *bonus!* :mrgreen:
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Easy enough! Thanks a lot, Goldfinger. I'm going to give it a try this weekend assuming on-call with work is quiet.

Will let you know how I make out.
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Installed a 1/4" phono jack & did the wiring.

Just need to do the cap changes now.

Can I run the output of my rack gear straight into this without any kind of isolation?
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C71 should block any DC but if you want you could put a blocking cap at the jack. It's a fairly high impedance circuit so a 4.7uF should be plenty big.
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I recently got a 2340 also. The clipper board has already been removed and bypassed. So I can just plug it into the mic jack, 10-4 8) Thanks!
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