[TenTec] Reed realy in Titan? Help/advice

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

Yure, you clearly seem to have a hang-up with QSK.


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From: <K3BU at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 17:14
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Reed realy in Titan? Help/advice


> In a message dated 12/27/03 2:09:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> fjx1 at optonline.net writes:
> I'm trying to troubleshoot my Titan 1. On cw qsk after 10 to 40 minutes of
> operation I see plate current but no output from the amp. Strange thing
is,
> there's no smoke or smell. the exciter is a 1000MP and I've been using it
no
> problem for 6 years or more.
>
> Do you think the Kilovac relay is going bad or?  What does the reeed relay
> do? I have one and it looks a little tricky to install and was wondering
if it
> was more likely the cause than the Kilovac or?
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Gerry K1NY
> _______________________________________________
>
> That's the price you pay for QSK :-(
> Now picture contester, who can accumulate those cycles in few contests and
> fry the relay in the middle of the contest, when operating from
Bunga-Bunga with
> no spare parts around. Another reason to use PTT.
>
> Some times vacuum relays get magnetized one way and fail to drop or pick.
The
> remedy is to switch the polarity to the coil. If the contacts are burned
> away, then only remedy is replacement.
>
> Yuri, K3BU
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