[NLRS] N0AKC equipment issue resolutions

[Charlie Betz]

It appears I have finally figured out some of the issues I had on the most of the bands during the June contest.  I was totally deaf on 432, 902 & 1296.  Found a serious amount of corrosion on an 8 pin Jones plug on the relay control line to the top of the tower that was preventing the relays on 902 and 1296 from keying.  432 had a high resistance on the RX relay. The odd thing is the corroded connector was in the shack of all places!  After cleaning it up and getting everything back together I now appear to have a good amount of RX noise on 432, 902 & 1296, so I believe they are working again.  The relays at the top of the tower all energize and de-energize now.

Still need to do some work to get everything hooked back up on 2304 & 3456, but I am hopeful that I will have everything up and running for the UHF contest this weekend.  I have yet to make a contact outside of Eau Claire on either band, so I hope this weekend it will finally happen!

Charlie, N0AKC
EN44 - Eau Claire, WI