[TenTec] Follow-Up: Frozen VI+

[RICHARD ANDREN]

When my VI+ returned from TT Service on Thursday (Jan. 14), it didn't sit 
outside in a snowdrift, but my wife took it from the UPS dude and placed it 
right in our radio room where it sat in the box for eight hours.  At first, 
I was far from being a happy camper when I set it up and it drifted in 
excess of 1KHz on LSB, CW, and FSK (probably all the same oscillator).  The 
radio stabilized after four hours and was working properly.  The next 
morning, after being turned off all night, operation was still stable.  It 
continued to be stable on Friday night.  Darn work keeps getting in the way 
of my hobbies while I'm trying to check out my radio :)  Saturday was 
NAQP-SSB which I could only put in a part time effort, and there wasn't a 
single glitch on any band, LSB or USB.

Most people on this reflector suggested a problem with condensation, and 
I'll have to agree because I can't come up with any other explanation.  I 
have no idea what a package goes through to get here (40 miles west of 
Chicago), but I can just imagine.  As far as I'm concerned, TT did an 
excellent job servicing this radio which had multiple ailments.  I worked 
one of my local buds in the contest using a FT-1000MP on 14.184.20, and 
since I know his voice, I asked him what his display read.  He said he was 
really on 14.184.20!!!  Now I'm convinced it's smack on frequency which was 
one of it's long time problems.  I'll give it more of a workout in the 
160M-CW contest in a few weeks, and then in WPX-RTTY  in February.  Thanks 
very much TT for doing the required repairs properly.

73/DX, de Rick N9THC


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