[TenTec] Triton I problem

[Mike Bryce]

Gang,

I have one of those in my collection and now and then take it down and fire it up. 

sometimes the same problem Vic has

Solution is dirty contacts on the band switch or the linkage between the main and sub shaft 

Sometimes a good couple of 8-10 meter back and forth’s will clear it up


Mike, WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
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On Jun 28, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Vic Klein <vhklein at ptd.net> 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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