[TenTec] Triton I problem

[Brian Carling]

Try JT65 on days like that and you will usually make a bunch of QSOs. 

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Jun 28, 2014, at 10:18 AM, "Lee  WA3FIY" <wa3fiy at radioadv.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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