Remember too to tighten all the board hold down screws. They relax their
grip over time and sometimes also there is oxidation. This badly affects
the grounds.
----- Original Message -----
From: <gsanderlin@charter.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II Problem
> A few years ago a friend had a Corsair 1 or 2 and had some loose
> connections on a plug in circuit board. I would check for any board that
> plugs in and clean the contacts with deoxit cleaner and hit em up with
> deoxit gold.
>
> Good luck
>
> Gary, WB5VBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Woody Hester
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:59 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II Problem
>
> My Corsair II often will not load more than 5-10 W & the receive signal is
> weak. When I gently slap the rig on the right side it comes up to full
> power and the receive signal comes to normal. I'm going to open it up
this
> weekend to look for loose connections, cold solder joints etc. I'm a
> hobbyist (business major) so any advice re: what to look at first
> appreciated. The rig was brought up to factory specs / aligned by TT
about
> 4 mos. ago, was given a clean bill of health and performed flawlessly
until
> this developed recently. Happy Easter to all! Woody / WD9F
>
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