[Milsurplus] SKN SNAFU

[Laura and Jim]

Happy New Year, everyone!

I discovered my TCS-8 TX has issues that kept me off the air w/it last night.

CW Frequency "warbles" occasionally when transmitting. I'll set it at a certain freq, tune it up, then when underway, it'll drop 100-130 kc intermittently then pop back up. When it drops in freq, I have to re-tune it, then (of course) it pops back up to the starting frequency.

Thought it was a bad BFO in my monitoring RX, but I hear it in any rig I use. I checked and re-tubed the TX to no avail, cleaned all the relay contacts in the TX. I tried different keys: My J-38, J-37, sideswiper and Standard Bug all have the same result. Rob Flory recommends checking the MO cap for cleanliness and I'll do that later this a.m. Mebbe I have spiders............

Any other suspects while I'm in there?

Jim Falls
K6FWT
Eureka, CA