As Sherlock Homes said to Doctor Watson;
“Without the proper data, a detective has only guesses”
Mike Bryce WB8VGE
prosolar@sssnet.com
On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Jim Goudie <jagoudie@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies!
>
> First of all, a big confession.... After getting up this morning, I looked
> at the rig, turned it on, and in my half-awake state I just played around
> with it, as if some easy fix would jump out at me. I'm glad and sorry to say
> that one did. Glad because all bands receive now... and sorry because it
> shows how dumb I can be!
>
> I have another Omni VI which I was going to sell, until this one quit. When
> I switched back to using that one, I moved all the filters over!! Yup... my
> receive problem was that filters were selected that aren't installed in the
> rig! Not much gets through that way! How dumb can I be?!... receive problem
> solved.
>
> So I'm back to my original problem with no power out... not so easy. I'll
> report back after some more snooping around.
>
> By the way, I had forgotten that they don't work on Omni VIs anymore...
> Thanks for the reminder and motivation to keep looking...
>
> Jim, AF3Z
>
> The revised edition of my original post:
>
>> Enter into this at your own risk ;-)
>>
>> I have an Omni VI opt 3 with no power out. I've taken it apart, poked
>> around with my limited skills and VTVM. Resistance checks on the power
>> transistors seemed ok. R5 on the DC Input board (.015 ohms) checks ok and
>> the voltage is ok. I've exercised the connectors and put Deoxit on them...
>> But the problem persists but my abilities to fix are limited.
>>
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