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

[Robert Sauvan]

Yes it does have a 2 wire power cord and no it does not have caps across 
the terminals. I will add them today.


Bob-W0YBS


On 8/7/2013 9:16 PM, Ron Kolarik wrote:
> 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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