[Hallicrafters] HT-30 problem not fixed-new clue

[Ron Kolarik]

Does that HT-30 have a 2-wire power cord?  Does it have caps across the AC input?

Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Sauvan" <rsauvan at beyondbb.com>
To: "Hallicrafters" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 10:00 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] HT-30 problem not fixed-new clue


> Decided to check the coax swap a bit more thorough.Put the rig on the 
> air for a bit and all was good for the time. So, decided to swap swr 
> meters to see if they were reading the same as the last one inline. I 
> noticed when I was taking off the cable from the meter I saw some 
> sparking between the coax fitting and the fitting on the meter as I was 
> pulling them apart. The sparking was on the ground side of the PL259 
> before the center pin came out of the SO239. This was all done while the 
> radio was turned on in warmup mode. I put another meter on and I had my 
> warmup to standby transmit problem back. Looks as though it is a bit 
> intermittent but that sparking I saw should be a clue as to what may be 
> occurring with the meters and the radio. I will admit, I have seen this 
> sparking before and wondered but disregarded it at the time. The cable I 
> saw it on was the antenna side of the meter. I did not check the 
> transmitter to meter input yet. Now I'm thinking it is a very big hint. 
> I do have the radio grounded. The saga continues.
> 
> Bob-W0YBS
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