Date: 5/06/03
Equipment: Str'a'sser
SN: CM060
Problem: hum on power supply
Out to:
Repaired: improper grounding at AC power connector
Date: 5/06/3

Date: 5/07/03
Equipment: RCA BK-5, RCA 74
SN:
Problem: No o/p
Out to: Clarence Kane
Repaired:
Date:

Date: 5/08/03
Equipment: 1178 Black Face
SN: 5773
Problem: Power and Ratio buttons intermittent
Out to:
Repaired: replaced with new switch arrays from Purple Audio
Date:

Date: 5/03
Equipment: Neve 2-pack
SN:
Problem: phantom power switch faulty
Out to:
Repaired: replaced w/ 18-237,035 Newark EAO sw.
Date:

Date: 6/03
Equipment: BSS Compressor
SN:
Problem: Left Ch. distorted
Out to:
Repaired: re-seated VCA pack
Date:

Date: 6/03
Equipment: Altec 175
SN:
Problem: buzz
Out to:
Repaired: 22k resistor btw. cathode and ground broke open, replaced
Date:

Date: 7/03
Equipment: Klark-Teknik DN-34
SN:
Problem: oscillating and distortion on o/p
Out to:
Repaired: Yes but how ?
Date: 7/03

Date: 7/03
Equipment: Studer 820, MD unit Master TD Control Boards
SN: blacksides
Problem: LEDs and counter displays matrixed-out after power surge. Displays freaked out, blacked out, then started scrolling (ghost in the machine type freak-out) Problem did not go away after cycling the power and resetting the MPUs.
Out to:
Repaired: replaced a 6801 chip on Master MPU, and TD Control, and shorted (erased) all ram chips
Date: 7/03

Date: 7/03
Equipment: Lomo 19-18 + cable
SN: cap 680048, bnd 690039
Problem: crackling noise
Out to:
Repaired: Mics ok, cable had bad shield/ground termination. Made new cables out of mogami tube mic cable.
Later, the connectors on the mic and cable were changed to 5-pin xlr type because of a similar bad ground conduction problem. A highly recommended modification.
Date:

Date: 7/03
Equipment: 1176 whiteface
SN:
Problem: no o/p dist o/p
Out to:
Repaired: broken lead to 797 board (Alactronics Mod)
Date: 7/03

Date: 7/03
Equipment: Studer 820MCH Blacksides
SN:
Problem: CH19 sync repro level low and failing (auto cal), chan 3-8 repro level is low or irregular at 1K
Out to:
Repaired: replaced C6, C5, C7 elec. caps on repro board, recapped 1st (1-8ch) repro pre-amp board 470uf caps, it improved level on average of 6dB! Recapped the other to head preamp boards.
Date: 7/03

Date: 7/03
Equipment: RCA 74B
SN:
Problem: no o/p
Out to:
Repaired: broken solder joint between red transformer wire and ribbon
Date: 7/03

Date: 8/01/03
Equipment: Studer 820MCH St A machine
SN:
Problem:
Out to:
Repaired:
Date:
Interesting. I wonder what that was about?

Date: 8/04/03
Equipment: Josephson 609
SN: 2746
Problem: distorts on toms
Out to:
Repaired: bad set screw connection
Date:

Date: 8/04/03
Equipment: Altec 175
SN: #1
Problem: ping noise on snare after being hit by drumstick
Out to:
Repaired: Reseated tube and saw dirt under diaphragm creating 'tents' possibly shorting the diaphragm to back-plate. disassembled capsule housing and cleaned parts carefully.
Date: 8/06/03

Date: 8/8/03
Equipment: Sony C-17
SN:
Problem:
Out to:
Repaired: Modified power connection and ground for our balanced power
Date:

Date: 9/25/03
Equipment: Studer A820MCH
SN: blacksides
Problem: CH2 Sync LFO 'heartbeat' noise
Out to:
Repaired: recapped repro board, works now
Date: 9/25/03

Date: 9/25/3
Equipment: ATR #2
SN:
Problem: Right channel sputtering noise on repro at 30ips only
Out to:
Repaired: replaced Q5 on right channel padnet pwa audio card
Date: 9/29/03

Date: 10/3
Equipment: ATR #2
SN:
Problem: Speed not changing from 30ips
Out to:
Repaired: SSA and SSB busses shorted together at controller connector (remote)
Date: 10/03/03

Date: wurlitzer
Equipment:
SN:
Problem: smoke coming out after wrong fuse was installed
Out to:
Repaired: rectifier diode exploded, repaired, cleaned
Date: 10/07/03

Date: 10/16/03
Equipment: ATR #2
SN:
Problem: radio noise on left chan
Out to:
Repaired: A mismatch of meter I/O + audio PWA versions caused grounding improper grounding of the audio. This was probably caused by swapping I/O modules or audio boards when I was trouble shooting the sputtering noise problem above.
Date: 10/03

well done.

saludos all around.

I feel much better now..

If you guys have questions please ask. This was transcribed pretty quickly so there might be some confusion.