[TenTec] Re: [TenTec ]oops- was Corsair 10-10 mobile

[robert k stephens]

I broke my Corsair.

I was pretty busy this morning and by the time I was able to test the 
Corsair the contest was half over and I was very anxious to start operating.

I plugged everything in and was very pleased to see the Corsair light up. I 
then went to change the mode switch. It felt a little stiff. A calm, sober, 
intelligent person would have checked to see what was wrong, but I was an 
excited , anxious person so I of course chose to put a little more pressure 
on the knob .

I seem to have broken the wafer part of the switch.  I took the cover off 
to take a look, but the switch is buried in the middle of everything so I 
can't see it. The switch only clicks on one position (cw) and when  my 
friend stuck his  finger up there where I thought the switch would be he 
could feel the wires wiggling around when I tried to turn the knob . I 
apparently  broke the "wafer".

I am not a competent technician and tend to be rather impatient with these 
things so I think my best bet is to  send it off to Tenn. , let 
them  fix  it, and turn the knobs a bit more gently when I get it back. 
Unless you folks think this is a *very easy job for a beginner , I think 
I'll let the pros fix it - besides my "to do" list is already quite long.

Oh well...
I'll check the Corsair into the net in April <g>.

73 -Bob Kb1CIW

p.s. hey the band was pretty dead anyway ;-)



At 10:43 PM 3/14/03 -0500, I optimistically wrote:

>Well all the parts for my "new" Corsair have finally come in the mail. I 
>just put together the power cord and Airpax breaker just in time for the 
>10-10 mobile contest. Hopefully when I connect everything tomorrow morning 
>it will work <g>
>
>If you hear me on 10 meters tomorrow please give me a call and tell me you 
>are using a rig from Tenn.  Base stations can contact mobiles. It's ok if 
>you are not a member of 10-10 ,I'd love to contact lots of Ten Tec stations.
>
>73
>hope to hear you
>Bob KB1CIW
>
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