[TenTec] love my Omni V

[John Molenda]

  That extra number  flickers and looks to be only half as bright as the 
others .  Now I just turned the radio on for a 45 min and the display is 
fine .  John

On 9/15/2010 2:00 AM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> I wrote an article last year on a brush for cleaning SO-239 socket pins
> that might be too aggressive for cleaning the power connector pins, but
> maybe there can be a variation on it. Likely McMaster-Carr has a smaller
> brush than the .17 caliber rifle cleaning brush I used for 1/8" banana
> jacks. Its on line at: http://www.geraldj.networkiowa.com/papers/brush.pdf
>
> The number 4754A14 or 4754A15 nylon brush from McMaster-Carr
> (www.mcmaster.com)
> would be more appropriate for the .093" diameter pins used for TenTec
> power connectors.
>
> Might that extra display digit actually be a shift of the decimal point
> one position to the right?
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>
>
> On 9/15/2010 12:18 AM, Joe Roberts wrote:
>> John:
>>
>> No idea what to do about the extra display digit. That is a freaky
>> problem, to be sure!
>>
>> <SNIP>
>> It is also a good idea to take an afternoon to clean all of the internal
>> connectors with Deoxit...and don't forget to clean the power connectors
>> every now and again. I use a baby toothbrush dipped in Deoxit on the
>> male pins of the board connectors, then connect/disconnect once or twice.
>>
>> <SNIP>
>> It really doesn't "need" too many mods.
>>
>> Joe N5KAT
>>
>>
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