[TenTec] Jupiter intermittent receive

[Dukes HiFi]

Before you put it out to pasture, send it to me and I can have a look at it.

Gary

W0DVN


> On Apr 4, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> I doubt it's a bad connection between the radio and antenna. I have a Drake TR7 which works fine when I swap the coax from the Jupiter to the Drake.  Maybe it's time to put the Jupiter out to pasture and stick with my TR7's.
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Stan
> KM4HQE
> 
> 
> On April 3, 2017 9:56:34 PM CDT, larse at ardmore.net wrote:
>> Stan
>> 
>> Maybe this will help.
>> 
>> I had a very similar if not the same problem with my Jupiter and it
>> turned 
>> out to be the coax jumper from the Jupiter to my MFJ RF Feedthru Window
>> 
>> Panel.
>> 
>> It took a while to troubleshoot this.  I carefully checked the antenna
>> (trap 
>> vertical), the balun mounted at the base of the antenna, the coax run
>> from 
>> house to the balun and none of this appeared to be the problem.
>> 
>> After bypassing the Window Panel by connecting the Jupiter directly to
>> the 
>> coax run from the antenna the problem went away.
>> 
>> The coax connectors on the window panel appeared to be ok so I bought a
>> new 
>> coax jumper to connect the Jupiter to the window panel and from that
>> point 
>> on I have not had any problems.
>> 
>> 73
>> Lars
>> KA4U
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Stan Gammons
>> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 8:56 PM
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter intermittent receive
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I'm new to the list and I have a problem with a Jupiter that I hope
>> someone here can help with.  The Jupiter I have has developed an
>> intermittent receive problem. At times it will receive Ok, then the
>> signal drops like the attenuator was turned on.  I first thought it was
>> a bad connection on the connectors which connect the filter board and
>> the RF board, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Anyone seen this
>> before or know of any common receive problems with the Jupiter?
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Stan
>> KM4HQE
>> 
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