[TenTec] Triton I problem

[Lee WA3FIY]

My first guess is propagation...as I type this I see very little noise and almost no signals on 
many of the bands.  I thought my radio was broken but tried another with the same results.  

Hmmmm.......?   Interesting Field Day.   :-)

73,

-Lee-

WA3FIY

On 28 Jun 2014 at 9:12, Vic Klein wrote:

> I have had a Ten Tec Triton I since the 70's. It was my main radio for
> years, but has been relegated to a "suitcase station" that I sometimes
> take on trips. I set up in a motel last night and had a few chats on
> 20m with good signals in both directions off a hamstick clamped to the
> balcony railing. This morning, while talking to a Columbian station
> who was S9 when called, I saw his signal drop down to almost nothing,
> but assumed propagation was changing. Alas, tuning around on several
> bands I see the S-meter is not moving at all anywhere and I only hear
> a very few weak signals. The antenna connections seem fine and I am
> still getting full output on the SWR/power meter, so I suspect
> something, perhaps one of the 40 year old electrolytics, has died. No
> tools on this trip, so I have packed it away until I get home after
> exercising the relays a bunch of times and switching the band switch
> back and forth to no avail. Obvious place to start will be the RF amp
> (80166), but any hints or suggestions will be welcomed.
> 
> 
> 
> =Vic=
> 
> WA4THR
> 
> 
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