[Amps] TEN TEC 422 Anybody good with these?

[David Propper]

check the bias transistor in the power supply. That will also impact the PTT and has been a recent failure on older Centurions (20 years old, mine failed last spring).

73,
Dave

> On Jan 10, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Paul Gerhardt <phgerhardt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ten Tec 422 Centurion Issue?  Anybody good with these?
> 
> Will not go to transmit.  Forward Power reads nearly full scale in
> standby.  Green LEDs show full power all on.
> 
> Shorted RCA plug in PTT or Key will not switch it to transmit in either PTT
> or QSK.
> 
> Is this a QSK board issue or something else.
> 
> Ten Tec used to sell a 5 transistor 2 flip flop rebuild kit for the QSK
> board I will order the parts from DigiKey if necessary.
> 
> Any thoughts from the group?
> 
> TIA
> K3PG
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