Speaking of tuners..

I spent this afternoon and some of this evening assembling two PCATS tuners: one for myself and one for another BBS member. Both worked first try and sound just great!

But I did notice a few minor nits since the last couple (early batch PCATS) that we handled here.

The assembly manual isn't up-to-date for the new improved antenna coax assembly -- just a minor issue, as it's pretty obvious what to do with it all, and there's a thread here somewhere describing it as well.

Fitting the RF PCB is impossible without slight modification -- I shaved a little bit off of the PCB tabs so allow inserting it with the coax in place.

The inter-PCB spacers are wider than in earlier kits, so the external hole for the wiring loom is no longer usable -- lies in the middle of one of the PCBs! Similarly, the two VN02 tabs now fall in the wrong place, so I had to add plastic spacers to prevent them from shorting out circuitry on the main logic board.

I drilled a new 25mm hole for the wiring loom, placing it exactly on the seam between the box and its lid, which worked out quite well in the end.

Both tuners are fantastic, pulling in most of the area stations even without an antenna of any kind attached!

Cheers!