Sounds spot on to me
Yes, if radio has been off for several days it is a delay
Off for a few hours usually right back on
I'll look for the relay because it "sounds" like a relay problem
Excercising connectors would be good too as I wonder how long the 564 sat
idle before I acquired it.
Paul K0UYA
----- Original Message -----
From: <WA4VEC@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 564
> My guess is that these are two separate problems. I have a 563 that has
> been exhibiting the first problem for several months and I suspect a
> leaky
> electrolytic(s) on the IF/AF board. I notice that the longer the radio
> has
> been off, the longer the time it takes the audio to return which I
> believe
> corresponds to the time it take the capacitor(s) to reform. So far the
> delay has not been enough to cause me to dig into the board so I cannot
> be
> positive as to the cause.
>
> The second problem is probably reed relay K1 on the low pass filter board
> which follows transmitter keying. If it sticks closed it will probably
> kill most of the received signal. I had a 580 with the same problem that
> I
> fixed by replacing the reed relay. It should be available from Ten-Tec
> and
> not too expensive either.
>
> Walt
>
>
> In a message dated 3/20/2012 3:17:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> elespe@lisco.com writes:
>
> Radio is "new" to me and so far a nice performer
>
> Two glitches I observe:
> (1) Sometimes, more often than not, when I turn on power the S meter is
> active indicating signals but the audio is mute for some delay, varies
> from
> fraction of second to seconds
> (2) During a recent ssb QSO the receive would not always come back to
> level
> it was before transmitting. Keying the PTT will bring it back.
>
> Any suggestions or "yeah it does that" always appreciated
>
> Paul K0UYA
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|