[Amps] Ameritron AL-80A Receive muted - relay?

[Glen Zook]

NEVER, NEVER, did I say NEVER polish relay contacts with emery paper, sand paper, or something similar.  There are special burnishing tools made for cleaning relay contacts.  However, if you don't have such a tool then use a strip of bond paper or business card saturated with a cleaner.

Using something like emery paper or sand paper WILL destroy the contact in a hurry.  You want to gently remove corrosion, etc., not to remove any plating, etc., which you will do if you use emery paper or sand paper.

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Tue, 12/22/09, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I have an SB-1000, a clone of the AL-80A, and I have experienced the same thing. My problem was the T/R relay. Polish the contacts with some very fine emery cloth, clean off any dust remaining and you might have to bend the contact ever so slightly. Should fix it right up.