[TenTec] Pegasus: No Output

[Carl Moreschi]

Jeff,

It really sounds like the 12 volt connection to the final board in the
pegasus is not connected.  Inside the pegasus, this is a heavy red wire that
runs from the low pass filter board to the final board.  I would at least
open up the pegasus and take a look at this wire to make sure it is
connected at the low pass filter board end.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: <jeff at ke9v.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus: No Output


> Mark,
>
> The receiver does work just fine, on all bands. S-meter works too. All
> functions of the remote tuning pod and external keying paddles works.
>
> The ALC light never does come on. When switching to transmit, the
> green RX light goes off and the red TX light comes on. The receiver
> mutes and I hear the (CW) sidetone. The software also switches to
> "red" when in transmit.
>
> I have tried the original TenTec software and the N4PY software. The
> PC is a P3-866 running WinXP.
>
> I have tried turning the keying loop on and off as well as the
> transmit enable with no luck.
>
> I am using a 35amp Astron metered power supply. 13.8vdc measured. When
> switching from receive to transmit I see no change in power supply
> current. I connected the power supply to another rig (VHF/UHF) just to
> make sure there was no problem with the supply, and that worked fine.
>
> With the rig connected to a wattmeter and dummy load there is zero (as
> low as I can detect) output. The RF output on the Pegasus interface
> software says 100W when the power slider is all the way up, however,
> on the FWD meter selection in the software "0" is indicated.
>
> All of this tells me that there is a problem with the Peg, however, it
> just seems very strange that this is the 2nd straight unit from the
> factory with the exact same problem.
>
> Thanks es 73,
>
> Jeff, Ke9v
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark at microenh.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus: No Output
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> This is interesting. I have some questions that might help diagnose
> things.
>
> 1) Does the receiver work? Can you tune to a known frequency and hear
> what
> you expect to hear (i.e. WWV at 10 or 15 MHz)? Does the SMeter move
> during
> receive? Problems here might indicate a problem with the serial
> communications between the Pegasus and the computer.
>
> 2) Does the ALC LED come on in TUNE mode?
>
> 3) Are you attempting to transmit outside of the ham bands?
>
> 4) What control software are you using? What operating system and how
> fast
> is the computer?
>
> 5) Have you tried turning the keying loop on then back off and turning
> the
> TX off and back on?
>
> 73,
> Mark
>
>
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