Wavetek 907 Repair, YIG Oscillator Teardown

As I mentioned in my previous posting, there was an issue with my Wavetek 907 microwave frequency generator. While everything was fine during my initial testing, the frequency display is now stuck with an out-of-range display and the adjustable frequency range is limited to between around 6.9 Ghz to 7.9 Ghz (instead of all the way up to 11 Ghz). My initial suspicion was that the PTC heater inside the YIGGunn oscillator was malfunctioning. But as it turned out, it was something else.

YIG Oscillator Teardown

Since initially my gut feeling told me that the YIG oscillator might be at fault, I thought I would at least try taking it apart to see if it was something trivial to fix. And even if it is beyond economical repair, it would at least be a pretty interesting teardown of the YIG oscillator itself.

Dissembling the YIG oscillator was a bit more involved. I first had to take off the mounting screws and unfasten the directional coupler (see teardown images in my previous post) in order to get it out of the RF assembly. Then I had to remove the mounting screws holding the two halves of the cylinder together. The SMA connector also needed to be removed as it was used to hold the top and bottom covers together.

 

For more detail: Wavetek 907 Repair, YIG Oscillator Teardown


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