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My analog tuner drifts off the station

I have a nice Kenwood KT 615 tuner that I bought off a technician who had cleaned it up and replaced the caps. It works well and sounds great but it loses stations pretty quickly, usually within about 10-15 minutes. This happens for both strong and weak signals and I have tried all combinations of the filter and selectivity buttons with no apparent improvement.

Is there anything that can be done about this or do I need to get a digital tuner that locks on the station?
jrb25

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armstrod
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Jrb25,

Since your tuner is solid state and draws little power, I'd suggest you just keep it powered up 24/7. Eventually its temperature will stabilize, and I'm guessing you'll see little or no drift from that point on. I keep mine turned on all the time for that very reason.

David
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