[TenTec] Comments on "Repairs"

[mgoins]

Dang, Stuart. Beat me to it. I agree 100% and it's the most likely culprit.

mike
k5wmg
one watt all the time


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:15:48 -0600

>On any SWR meter in a tuner that gets to reading incorrectly or not at all: 
>Check the diodes for open ones.  If you leave a tuner connected to your 
>feedline and antenna when a storm passes over, you may have zapped a diode 
>with a static buildup on the antenna.  Many of the diodes are only rated at 
>60 volts, and are germanium, similar to 1N34.
>
>Stuart
>K5KVH 
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