A similar issue just started on my Corsair II and I need to open mine up as
well.
Yes, I suspect poor contact on the filter socket pins or a bad filter. I
also want to use a little contact cleaner on the front panel switches and
controls.
73/GL,
Barry N1EU
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>wrote:
> Well, if I can take everyone's minds off the demise of the Orion II for a
> moment.
>
> Short time ago, turned on my backup rig, the venerable Corsair II, since it
> was connected to my inverted "L" & I was hoping for better propagation
> toward one of the 13 Colony SES stations.
>
> Everything was fine on CW, but when I switched to SSB... nothing. Zero.
> Zip. Nada. Further examination shows that my 500 & 250 Hz CW filters are
> suddenly "iffy".
>
> I'll be pulling the rig out of the shack and onto the bench over the
> holiday
> weekend. First thought is that I may have a little oxidation on the filter
> contacts, and that's causing some questionable contacts. So I'll be
> pulling
> them, checking the leads, & reseating them.
>
> Any other ideas on things to check?
>
> ... incidentally, look for me tomorrow night from W3WH's place as one of
> the
> K2M ops. Don't know yet which rig I'll be operating, but it's 50/50 that
> it
> will be the Omni VII...
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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