[1000mp] Bad relays?

[Phil Duff NA4M]

My 1000MP experienced receive problems on 40m.  It was a relay on either 
the low pass or high pass receive filter board ( I can't recall which) that 
is in the receive path.  Both boards are on top of the chassis and it was 
relatively easy to locate the culprit by gently tapping and pressing on the 
relays until the receive came back.  Once identified and with a replacement 
relay in hand from Mouser I was able replace the relay and it's been fine 
ever since.

73 Phil NA4M


At 02:19 3/8/2004, Kelly Jones wrote:
>Hi Group...
>
>I remember seeing this discussed briefly after I first joined the list, 
>but could use a little refreshing.
>
>I have a Mrk V Field that is right at a year old.  During the ARRL 10m 
>contest in December I experienced the situation when I would unkey the 
>radio after either a CQ or QSO and the RX would be almost non-existent.  A 
>"click" of the footswitch would bring the RX back where it should 
>be.  This happened several times during that contest, but it wasn't too 
>annoying.  The problem seemed to have cured itself, until this weekend.
>
>Saturday afternoon I had a decent opening to JA so I decided to get a run 
>going.  That's when this problem really showed up.  Nearly 1/3 to 1/2 of 
>time after I would unkey, the RX was nearly dead.  I'd tap the footswitch 
>and it would pop back in.  Let me tell you, that really gets on your 
>nerves!  I managed to limp along to finish out the contest but I guess I 
>need to have this fixed.
>
>Can anybody shed some light on the reason for the relay failure (I'm 
>assuming the the RX/TX relays) and what it takes to get fixed?  The *real* 
>question is whether or not I can get it fixed under warranty.  I think I 
>just passed my 1 yr anniversary about 10 days ago.  Uuugh.
>
>Thanks,
>Kelly - N0VD

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