[TenTec] TX Audio Problems With Corsair II

[GARY HUBER]

You are welcome Steve. I also have an Omni VII, which is my primary radio. It did take a learning period to get comfortable with it... and it too needs to be used to avoid corrosion in the encoders.  My Corsair-II, which I bought new at the end of production,  will be kept as backup and special usage.  I'd run the Corsair-II as primary if it had CAT control for station automation.

73 es DX,
Gary - AB9M




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-------- Original message --------
From: Steve Berg
Date:11/13/2016 6:46 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TX Audio Problems With Corsair II

Thanks for the tip, Gary!

Now it seems to be working okay.

I was mostly on 6 and 2 meters for the past several months, and the
Corsair II sat idle.  I really need to use it more.  I had an Omni VII
for a while, and could not get used to it.  Then, there was the trauma
of buying a much more recent cell phone...

73,

Steve  WA9JML



On 11/13/2016 6:19 PM, GARY HUBER wrote:
> Then its probably not the diode problem.  Have you tried operating the
> ALC, Process, and Drive controls to clean any dirt or corrosion from the
> pots? I periodically operate all the pots and switches on my Corsair II
> and ext VFO, just keep them clean. These old radios seem to get more
> problems from lack of use than from operation. TELCO jacks and switches
> had the same issue when not operated.
>
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary - AB9M
>
> On 11/13/2016 6:02 PM, Steve Berg wrote:
>> It works fine on cw, which is what I normally use.
>>
>> Steve WA9JML
>>
>>
>> On 11/13/2016 5:57 PM, GARY HUBER wrote:
>>> You might check the diodes on the VSWR circuit board.
>>>
>>> 73 ES DX,
>>> Gary - AB9M
>>>
>>> On 11/13/2016 3:16 PM, Steve Berg wrote:
>>>> I fired up my Corsair II to check into the Ten Tec nets today. It
>>>> receives fine, but when I tried to transmit on SSB, the ALC light lit
>>>> up solidly, and it took backing way down on the drive level to make it
>>>> stop.  I haven't used it much this summer, but I had it on for about 5
>>>> hours before the net times.  Luckily, I was able to check in on the 20
>>>> meter net with my Argo VI barefoot.
>>>>
>>>> This is a new problem with the radio, so where might I start looking?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Steve WA9JML
>>>>
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