[Premium-Rx] WJ 8716 manual

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

Hi John, from what I have been able to learn so far the WJ8716 is very very 
similar to the 8718 except for extra shielding and there may be some optional 
filtering. I don't think Watkins-Johnson actually made a separate manual for 
the 8716, only a supplement to the 8718. On the sensitivity problem, one thing 
you can check yourself is to make sure all of the plug-in cards on topside and 
all plug-in connectors on bottom side are seated properly. Member Terry 
O'Laughlin suggested to me to unplug all of the plug-in cards one at a time, wipe 
the contacts with De-Oxit and then re-seat all the cards. I found it is a good 
idea to do the same thing to all of the plug-in connectors on the bottom side 
of the motherboards also. I had an 8716 with a strange problem recently and 
apparently one of the plug-in connectors on the bottom side was not seated 
properly. After re-seating the connectors the radio is working normally again. 
Always a good idea to check the 'low-tech' items first, it just may save a lot of 
work and troubleshooting later on. 73 Todd Roberts WD4NGG.