[TenTec] Display problem on 544

Winston jones_winston at bellsouth.net
Wed Aug 23 11:20:34 EDT 2017


Found the problem may be heat related. After turning rig off for a few hours, when I turned back on, display worked fine for about an hour, then started going crazy again, only on 40 meters.

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> On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:28 PM, Dukes HiFi <dukeshifi at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Clean the band switch.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2017, at 5:39 PM, Winston <jones_winston at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a Ten Tec 544 (digital Triton 4). The frequency display on 40 meters has gone crazy, throwing up random numbers on all digits, constantly changing, even when not tuning. It tunes in stations but display keeps running crazy, not responding to tuning. All other bands OK.
>> Anybody have an idea what could be wrong?
>> It started doing this very randomly about a month ago. However, it would stop when I quickly changed the bandswitch back and forth between bands. Now that doesn't stop it. Continuously running crazy now. 
>> 
>> Any ideas appreciated.
>> 
>> 73, Winston K4CWQ
>> 
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