[1000mp] sticking relay problem and W8JI mod.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:16:48 -0800 (PST)

I must be blessed.

My rig works Perfect.

I only wish I had more time to enjoy it...

--- Hunter Ellington <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess I'll just dump the rig and buy a Ten Tec Orion.  But maybe
> I'll visit their reflector first and see what there owners are
> writing about.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tod Olson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:57 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [1000mp] sticking relay problem and W8JI mod.
> 
> 
> Hi  John:
> 
> I guess I am going to regret forever making the 1% SWAG. 
> 
>  
> 
> Oh well, maybe we will really solve this riddle this time. In spite
> of my 1%
> statement, I do sort of worry that 'my time may come' and I will be
> the guy
> writing about experiencing 'sticky relays, etc".
> 
> John, I guess the good news is that you have a hard failure, the
> Service
> Manuals are "in the mail", and you are a very competent 'techie'. 
> 
> I will look for the next chapter in the "sticky relay saga".
> 
>  
> 
> 73,  Mr. 99% (for the moment)
> 
> . 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W0UN --
> >John Brosnahan
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:07 AM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [1000mp] sticking relay problem and W8JI mod.
> >
> >As I have mentioned, my 1000MP would lose about 60 dB (or
> >more) of sensitivity after an hour or so.  So I assumed it
> >must be temp related.
> >Yet I could hit the MOX button and it would come back to life,
> >although only for a few seconds typically.
> >
> >Well, I thought, maybe since I have only used it for RX for
> >the past couple of years and hitting the MOX button will get
> >it back sometimes, as well as turning it off for an hour,
> >maybe it just needs to be cycled into transmit.  So I hooked
> >up my keyer, turned the RF all the way down and ran a few
> >hundred dots at 25 WPM.  Now it is dead all of the time.  I
> >can faintly hear ONE, 50KW AM station very weakly.
> >(WOAI is not all that strong in the best of times at 85 miles
> >away and we are on a plateau, shielded from them.  But at S9
> >the station is the loudest signal on the AM band.
> >
> >So now I don't know if freeze spray will work or not to help
> >identify the culprit.  But since it continues to seem like a
> >relay (or relay driver) I can inject noise into various points
> >as a quick way to isolate the problem.  (He said, over
> optimistically.)
> >
> >And now for the good news, the service manuals have apparently
> >been out of stock for a few months, but Vertex received FIVE
> >from Japan a week or so ago and mine arrived yesterday.  So I
> >will have some idea where I am poking or injecting.
> >
> >73--Mr. One Percent
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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Harry - AB2PN

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