[TenTec] Re: New Titan 3 DOA

[John Sheeley]

Sorry to hear about your Titan III  problem  I guess I
got lucky .I have had my a Titan III for about 3 weeks
and I have had no problems. It worked fine out of the
box. the legal limit is no problem. pretty sure it
will do a lot more I am sill enjoying my Orion I have
had for 9 months now . How time flys when we are
having fun .
73 John
WB4QDA

--- Tommy <aldermant at alltel.net> wrote:
> In reference to Bill/K4BYR Titan 3 that was DOA, I
> had the same problem with mine!
> 
> Hooked up my Orion to the Titan 3...Titan 3 in
> standby mode and power out from the Orion to a dummy
> load...Titan 3 to operate position and had a very
> high input SWR from the Titan 3, Ep at 3KV, all
> other functions OK but no power out of the Titan 3.
> Tried driving Titan 3 with my trusty old Omni 6 with
> same results. Changed interface cables and coax
> cables three times. Tested interface cables with ohm
> meter...tested coax cables into a dummy load..all
> OK.
> 
> Sent my Orion and Titan 3 back to TT. They 'could
> find no problem...I must have a bad coax
> interconnection cable!'
> 
> Rcvd both back from TT...exact same problem...repair
> service answer: 'I don't know what to tell you!'
> 
> Four days on the phone with Jack troubleshooting.
> Finally found two long screws from the RF
> compartment protruding into the lower deck, shorting
> out the RF input board. Put electricians tape over
> the screws and Titan 3 worked fine. 
> 
> Two more immediate failures. Had a very pleasant
> conversation with Jack and he immediately resolved
> my problems. The new Titan 3 has been working like a
> charm..just sits there and puts out legal limit as
> long as I can stay up working DX on 40m.
> 
> Tom/W4BQF
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