I'd use contact cleaner on the little slide switch on the rear panel.
It may be marked REC-XCV or something like that but it is to enable
your use of a second receive antenna.
If that didn't work, I'd replace the diodes which are back-to-back
across the receive antenna input.
73, Mike N4NT
Michael Colvin wrote:
>I purchased a Triton IV from eBay recently. It came with an intermittent
>problem in the receiver. The receiver would suddenly lose RF sensitivity
>for no explainable reason. A little jiggling of parts and checking turned
>up a cold solder joint in the ALC/SWR section of the unit.
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>Everything worked fine until a week or so later when the receiver suddenly
>lost sensitivity in the middle of a QSO. I went through the same procedure
>and have been unable to locate the source of the problem this time.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion?
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael Colvin, KBOMJ
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