At 05:47 PM 2/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Carter and all,
>I first started out with the method of make a detailed list of all problems
>experienced, under what conditions, bands operating on, antenna in use
>during problem, PS in use, RF output setting, operating mode, and anything
>else I could think of you get the idea. Well, one of the first replies I
>got to the initial post was remove the cabinet of the rig and check all
>plug in connectors in the VI+. If you have not been into your Omni VI/VI+
>there are a lot of plug-in wiring harnesses from board to board and some
>from component to component to board . . . Well this yielded some positive
>results immediately. There was two plugs that were questionably loose,
>which I examined and reconnected.
Which brings up one of those points that we always try to make about
equipment that appears to be a little troublesome on first appearance.
We have had countless incidents of circuit board cables coming unplugged
during shipping for a wide variety of equipment. We do use a portable
vibration shake table before shipping rigs out, to see if we can get cables
to come loose before one of the commercial shipping carriers does it for
us. We have seen instances numerous times (and I'm sure some of you
reading have been on the receiving end of this) where the Omni-VI has
been banged so hard during shipping that the crystal filters have popped
out of the sockets and are rolling around inside the transceiver case.
David: I'm glad the difficulty you were having turned out to be solvable
with a cable check and a toroid on your AC line.
73,
Scott E. Robbins, W4PA
Amateur Radio Product Manager
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