[TenTec] Sounds of Silence

[Barry N1EU]

A similar issue just started on my Corsair II and I need to open mine up as
well.

Yes, I suspect poor contact on the filter socket pins or a bad filter.  I
also want to use a little contact cleaner on the front panel switches and
controls.

73/GL,
Barry N1EU


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>wrote:

> Well, if I can take everyone's minds off the demise of the Orion II for a
> moment.
>
> Short time ago, turned on my backup rig, the venerable Corsair II, since it
> was connected to my inverted "L" & I was hoping for better propagation
> toward one of the 13 Colony SES stations.
>
> Everything was fine on CW, but when I switched to SSB... nothing.  Zero.
> Zip.  Nada.  Further examination shows that my 500 & 250 Hz CW filters are
> suddenly "iffy".
>
> I'll be pulling the rig out of the shack and onto the bench over the
> holiday
> weekend.  First thought is that I may have a little oxidation on the filter
> contacts, and that's causing some questionable contacts.  So I'll be
> pulling
> them, checking the leads, & reseating them.
>
> Any other ideas on things to check?
>
> ... incidentally, look for me tomorrow night from W3WH's place as one of
> the
> K2M ops.  Don't know yet which rig I'll be operating, but it's 50/50 that
> it
> will be the Omni VII...
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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