[w5ami]

Both good suggestions. I have the variable out now, soaking in Simple Green and hot water. Wasn't as clean as I thought it was, as the solution is already muddy looking... I will use distilled water as a final rinse on it. Will be tomorrow before I'm done with that and reinstall it.

That bandswitch is a booger, and hard to see and get to all the contacts. While the tuning condensor is soaking, I will see if I can get better access to some of those contacts with something. I am out of deoxit, so may need to get some for this. I used regular contact cleaner, but don't think it's up to the job. I am still baffled about the LO frequencies I'm seeing. Makes no sense...