I have had intermittent low sensitivity with my Paragon I on several
bands. It seems to be the relays. I can clear the problem by switching
to a dummy load and transmitting a few strings of dits. Putting power
through them cleans the relay contacts and restores normal sensitivity.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
Dan.Newby@cpspet.com wrote:
>
> Harry,
>
> You might check the PIN diodes for those bands on the receiver's high pass
> filter board. I have had to replace a couple of them before.
>
> However, the most likely thing is the reed relays on the output low pass
> filter board. The received signal goes thru it then on to the high pass
> filter mentioned above. Ten Tec had some problems like this with the
> earlier Paragons and switched to a better reed relay. I had to replace
> several of them on the Paragon I had. But as I remember, it has been a few
> years ago, it wasn't too bad of a job.
>
> Dan
> WD4LUR
>
>
> DK2GZ@aol.com
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> less sensitivity on 12 and 10 meter
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>
> 04/18/2002 04:26
> AM
>
>
>
> Hallo
>
> i noticed a much less sensitivity on 12 and 10 meter
> on the Paragon.
>
> All seemed o.k. up to 22 MC, but above there is much less sensitivity.
>
> Any help?
>
> 73 de Harry, DK2GZ
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