[CQ-Contest] VY1JA

[David Thompson]

I am betting VY1JA ran into the Eimac filament pin umsolder.   The 3-500 has
a bad rep for that and the only cure is to install a new socket.

Now to fix the 3-500, look at the filament pins and probably one has most of
the solder gone.  You will need a small torch and silver solder to fix.  Be
sure to use the silver solder that is 2% silver.  I have a 3-500 from a
LK-500 that is currently dark.  I have a brand new socket from Henry Radio
on the web.  Hope J's socket is easier to fix than my LK-500.

73 Dave K4JRB


> I ran across VY1JA on 20m CW this morning and he asked me to pass along to
the
> SS crowd that his 3-500Z in his amp went dark very recently so he is not
> going to be operating high power this year. He said he would probably not
> have much luck on the low bands from up there due to the present
> circumstances, so he asked that you look for him on the higher bands, 20
and
> up.
>