[1000mp] Bad relays?

[Kelly Jones]

Thanks for the tip Phil.  Mine seems to be band independent, but it appears 
to be more common during heavy use - IE: a contest.  Perhaps it's 
temperature related, I'm not sure.  It's as though the receiver doesn't get 
switched back after an unkey.

Kelly - N0VD


At 10:04 PM 03/07/2004, you wrote:
>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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