[Elecraft] VFO problem

[Edward R Cole]

Reminds me of a similar service call for a TV satellite system that 
"totally would not work".  I was not smart enough to suggest looking 
at the ac cord so I drove the 120-miles and of course first thing I 
checked was power..."and the ac cord was unplugged".  Boy were my 
customers embarrassed.  They offered to pay my service call but I 
could not do that.  We settled for gas money ($1.50/gal back then).

Rules for troubleshooting: what are the symptoms (what is not 
working), check power inputs; check configurations (settings); 
look-feel-sniff; measure for required output - then get out the 
manual/schematic/tools.  An "old" tech once advised me that most 
problems were simple ones - so do not go off looking for complicated 
one's before doing simple tests.  (that drop test works)  Use of 
freeze-spray does the same thing.  So does wiggling and probing.

73, Ed - KL7UW

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:34:04 -0500
From: Ross Primrose <n4rp at n4rp.com>
Cc: Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] VFO problem
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My grandfather (Ex K4GF, SK) was a TV repairman during the tube TV era.
The most common fault requiring a house call was the housewife not
plugging the TV back in after she unplugged it to vacuum....

73, Ross N4RP



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