[TenTec] Trouble with Triton IV

Mike Hyder N4NT@charter.net
Sat, 06 Jul 2002 19:26:12 -0400


I'd use contact cleaner on the little slide switch on the rear panel. 
 It may be marked REC-XCV or something like that but it is to enable 
your use of a second receive antenna.

If that didn't work, I'd replace the diodes which are back-to-back 
across the receive antenna input.

73, Mike N4NT

Michael Colvin wrote:

>I purchased a Triton IV from eBay recently.  It came with an intermittent
>problem in the receiver.  The receiver would suddenly lose RF sensitivity
>for no explainable reason.  A little jiggling of parts and checking turned
>up a cold solder joint in the ALC/SWR section of the unit. 
>
>
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>Everything worked fine until a week or so later when the receiver suddenly
>lost sensitivity in the middle of a QSO.  I went through the same procedure
>and have been unable to locate the source of the problem this time.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion?
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael Colvin, KBOMJ
>