[TenTec] Corsair II digital readout

[Bob, WB2VUF]

Look for cold solder joints. Also consider the possibility of a bad
clock crystal. Be careful around the counter chip. It is an obsolete IC
and may not be available from Ten Tec. 


				73,

				Bob WB2VUF

> w6hv@surfbest.net wrote:
> 
>  Greetings. I'm trying to get help for a friend having a problem with
> his Corsair II readout ( he doesn't have email, much less a computer).
> He says that "periodically the digital readout is garbled and it takes
> awhile to warm up and straighten out. Then in about 5 or 10 minutes it
> will (completely) die."
>  I researched the archives and found a couple of references to
> unplugging/plugging the connectors to clean them and replacing a
> capacitor on the processor's reset line. Any other suggestions that I
> could pass on to him?
>  Thanks in advance and 73,
> Troy, W6HV