So I took to cover off ans was poking around. I found that if I bush down on the crystal socket, the non-working bands come alive. So at this point I am assuming a bad solder joint at or near that po
Thanks for all the tips. If cleamging does not work I am wondering if i could "touch" up the solder by heating the pins from the exposed side with out damaging the plastic. Probably not a good idea b
Well my latest project arrived today. A TenTec Omni D Series B. It powers up that is a plus I supposes. Current symptoms as of now: 1) Frequency display shows 9.000.0 or 1.000.0, on the 29.5, 29.0, A
Thanks for all the input. I looked on tentecs website and did not find the PTO rebuild gallery. Maybe I am just missing it. Anyway I will probably be working on it today for a bit, I will snap some p
What a great idea. I also have the model 242 vfo and would like a pdf of the full manual; i only have a feq pages of it and can't locate. David (and the rest of the list as this is really a general r
True. I would not want want anyone to do this with out Ten-Tec's permission. However, it appears that they might be taking that route now, since they now freely have available many manuals for older
Hello, Well I got the PTO all re greased. I ended up using Phil Wood waterproof grease, as recommended by some prior list postings. PTO is nice a smooth now. Now, still have a few positions on the Ba
Yes, but I have a feeling this radio spent some time in a damp environment (Some Rust on some care screws), so it sill probably take a few applications.
While attemtping to track down a problem with my Model 540 tranceiver, the orange dial indicator broke (or was broke and me touching it made it "really broke"). Anyone have one of these kicking aound
Well I finally tracked down the intermittnat 80M operation. Turned ou to be a bad solder joint on a variable cap in the PTO box. So as it turn out I did not end up needing any parts after all. Now on
I have a model 244 digital readout for my 540 transceiver. Works good other than some times an extra bar lights up. For example 7040.0 MHz will show up as 7090.0 Sometimes it is full brightness, whil
So as the weather has been getting colder I have been starting to play on HF. I have an old TenTec Model 540. It has developed a few issues as of late. First I have low output on 80meters. All other