Thanks much for the reply and info Ripley... 73, Jim W3KA
On 2017-11-20 12:47, Bob Ripley wrote:
> Hello Jim,
> The short answer is I don't know. I do know that they do not sell boards for
> the Jupiter. On a whim I sent them another email asking Ten Tec Support is
> they had a VFO encoder for the Jupiter and this time the answer was yes. Does
> that mean that are stocking parts again or just selling off the parts that
> they have left? I don't know.
>
> Email is the best way to contact the Ten Tec Support folks.
>
> Ripley
> KD8UYQ
>
> The words are mine but this iPad does what it will with them.
>
> On Nov 19, 2017, at 11:18 PM, "w3ka@lycos.com<mailto:w3ka@lycos.com>"
> <w3ka@lycos.com<mailto:w3ka@lycos.com>> wrote:
>
> Bob, Congrats on getting the radio up and running again, always good to hear
> of another rig coming back to life..
> A general question however.. Has Ten Tec began selling individual repair
> parts again? If so what is the contact
> info for parts ? tnx. 73, Jim W3KA
>
> On 2017-11-20 02:28, Bob Ripley wrote:
>
> This story has a happy ending.
> The VFO encoder that I need arrived from Newark but I didn't use it. Turns
> out that Ten Tec had the exact replacement part in stock so I ordered a VFO
> encoder from them. It showed up yesterday and I installed it last evening.
> The new part brought the VFO back to life. After some performance testing I
> put the radio on the air this evening and made a contact with Ray (KB5PX) in
> Louisiana. Ray gave me a good signal report despite the dense contesting
> traffic up and down the 75m band.
> I'd say that this radio is good to go and ready to return to the Radio Museum.
> Ripley
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Replacement VFO encoder for TT Jupiter
> No sir, I have not tried that.
> Ripley
> Sent from my iPhone. Errors and all.
> On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Fernando
> <n2fq@sbcglobal.net<mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net><mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net>>
> wrote:
> Thank you so much for the update Ripley.
> Sounds like you've done an extraordinary amount of troubleshooting.
> Kudos to you.
> Are you able to use the rig in Pegasus Emulation Mode?
> Something of the likes N4PY rig control?
> Fernando N2FQ/6
> n2fq@sbcglobal.net<mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net><mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net>
> On Nov 8, 2017, at 8:09 PM, Bob Ripley
> <bob_ripley@hotmail.com<mailto:bob_ripley@hotmail.com><mailto:bob_ripley@hotmail.com>>
> wrote:
> Hello Fernando,
> This radio that was donated to us is said to have taken a lighting strike and
> had/has multiple problems. The persons that worked on it before me fixed the
> power supply protection circuit but when you turned it the transceiver was
> receiving and transmitting at the same time. Not good. They tried a couple of
> things but gave up.
> Since joining the staff at the Museum I was asked to look at this radio.
> After a few hours of bench time I isolated the "always transmitting" issue
> down to the ADS micro-controller on the LOGIC/DSP card and replaced that 128
> pin surface mount beauty with its replacement that arrived in the mail today.
> The new chip fixed that problem but not the VFO issue. Channel B on the
> encoder is fine but channel A is at Vcc level.
> I was finally able to see the marking hidden by the ribbon cable and the
> encoder that I need is a HRPG-ASAC#17F made by Avago. This particular encoder
> is a non stock item from about everyone (minimum order 150 units and a 14
> week delivery). I did find a similar encoder from the same manufacturer at
> Newark Electronics in the UK. This encoder has a cable instead of pins for a
> front mount circuit board application but I believe that I can adapt it for
> my needs. The encoder is about $40.00 and I should receive it in about a week
> to ten days.
> Right now the radio works except for the VFO. 100 watts out on CW, auto
> antenna tuner works, all of the front panel buttons seam to operate correctly
> and all of the other encoders work fine. This evening I found and fixed a
> problem with the PTT line. Turned out to be an open diode on the LOGIC/DSP
> board but then discovered that the ratty Ten Tec hand mic that they gave me
> to test this radio is bad or has a broken wire to the microphone element
> itself. I will check that out tomorrow.
> Ripley
> KD8UYQ
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Replacement VFO encoder for TT Jupiter
> Sad news.
> One way to find a replacement is to get any info from the one
> in the radio.
> A search on the parts list yielded this: encoder hrpg
> A google search shows than Mouser has one for $32.
> A prudent thing to do is to ascertain that is what is written
> on the old one before ordering. Less than that I think the
> only thing else to do is remove the old one and try to match
> its characteristics with what is available.
> A long shot would be to contact Ten Tec.
> A have two Jupiters here and very interested in how you
> fair out. Let us know.
> 73
> Fernando N2FQ/6
> n2fq@sbcglobal.net<mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net><mailto:n2fq@sbcglobal.net>
> On Nov 8, 2017, at 12:56 PM, Bob Ripley
> <bob_ripley@hotmail.com<mailto:bob_ripley@hotmail.com><mailto:bob_ripley@hotmail.com>>
> wrote:
> Hello there.
> It looks the VFO encoder on our Jupiter has gone south. Spin the knob all
> that you want and nothing happens the same is true when the MENU screen is
> pulled up. Anyone know where I can get a replacement Encoder for this
> transceiver.
> Thank you in advance for your response.
> Bob Ripley
> KD8UYQ
> Museum of Radio and Technology
> Huntington, WV
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