[Elecraft] Elecraft T1 doesn't tune nor read power levels

[John]

Hello.

Open up the tuner and see if the motors are trying to turn.

They may be frozen/sticky.

73.

John.



On 21/05/2017 10:29 AM, IU6ASS wrote:
> Couple of weeks ago i got my hands on a used rig, an FT817D plus an Elecraft
> T1 tuner. The tuner worked fine until yesterday, doing the autotuning at
> band change and tuning when pressing the "tune" button.
>
> But now when i press the tune button or switch between bands and transmit
> within the flashing green LED, the tuner stands still, not cycling thru the
> relays to find the best match, as like it's not connected to an RF source at
> all.
>
> Thanks to the CAT cable, when i switch bands on the radio, the T1 it still
> does the same, and still retains the last stored SWR match saved on the
> various bands, but if i switch to another antenna and try to tune, as
> mentioned, it does not tune.
>
> I tried tuning in CW, AM, FM, talking over SSB, but to no avail, the tuning
> does not starts.
>
> I tried switching to a new battery, same effects.
>
> I tried to listen to the slow CW Info, but not much information.
>
> I decided to open the T1 and eventually check for cracked solder joints and
> aside from fatigue ones on the BNCs that i could solder easily, nothing out
> of the ordinary came out to my eyes.
>
> Any idea from more expert minds?
>
>
>
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