Component aging including crystal. Tweak the fixed value of the C in the Oscillator. Still the HF Osc for a given band may need adjusting. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone
Decrease the value of C23 to a lesser value such as 68pf. This should raise the frequency. 73 Bob, K4TAX Just to make it clear and to point it out: My problem is located at the FM board and has no
Carlos: The frequency determining values and math are written in firmware. There are no adjustments. The only adjustment related to frequency is for the master oscillator being U8 {GTXO_566}. I
Contact SERVICE@TENTEC.COM. I inquired Wed about a part and got an answer today Thurs of "in stock" with price and shipping. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone
Mark: How much do you want for the Jupiter, as is, plus shipping to TN? Is this a green screen or blue screen version? 73 Bob, K4TAX On 10/11/2018 4:28 PM, mark kenward via TenTec wrote: I have a nic
Counterfeit or not, if the parameters {bias} were wrongly set for the devices, even a "good" transistor will fail. So what caused the failure in the first place? If that isn't corrected, then any
Yes, I sent an e-mail to that address on Monday 10/8 and received an answer on Tuesday 10/9 from Tentec Service. Then on Wednesday I ordered the part I needed and got confirmation it was paid on Th
Well my general and first approach is a Master Reset which you've done. The next suggestion is clean all connectors inside the radio. Do so one connector at a time, unplug the connector/cable, appl
Would that "thermal" payment be in Fahrenheit or Celsius or Kelvin? 73 Bob, K4TAX 73 Gary On Oct 22, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Joe Word <n9vx.joe@gmail.com> wrote: The Pegasus is sold. Joe N9VX On Sun, Oct
Have you done a recent "connector cleaning"?. If not, I'd say it is time to do so. Just sitting there, internally the connector contacts will oxidize after 30 or so years. So, one at a time, u
Still something loosing contact somewhere. A component failure wouldn't normally respond in that manner. 73 Bob, K4TAX Brian Have you done a recent "connector cleaning"?. If not, I'd say it is time
The capacitors on the A9 board will deteriorate with age and heat to lesser effective values of MFD or capacitance. This causes the various regulators associated with the A9 power distribution boar
Steve: Have you cleaned connectors for cables and edge connectors? This is often found to be an issue with many 20+ year old radios, of which the Argosy is one. I use a Q-Tip with contact cleaner ap
DeOxit Gold is good cleaner. I don't have any marvelous or magic potion to suggest. I do find that many of the Caig Laboratories products are considered to be good to excellent when applied correc
Gary: I most likely can't count or recall the times I have asked the question; "why do you think the radio needs alignment?" If a component has been replaced, well then......... maybe. Just to "
I just received a quote from a company regarding repair. Diagnostic fee $250 and $135 / hr. If I have the unit repaired the diagnostic fee would be applied to the repair. In any even, I'm spendin
WOW at $80 per hour........such a deal! Hams should be elated at that rate for radio repair. 73 Bob, K4TAX My reasoning is that, first, I have maybe 2 - 3 hours invested. Completing the repair ensur
There are several very active discussion groups found under Tentec on the GROUPS.IO sites. If looking for information regarding upgrades, firmware, history and such relating to Tentec, these are
I think with the LDG tuner and the Eagle internal tuner, you are comparing apples and oranges. Therefore, where does the "not as good" come into play? The tuner response and action of both tune