[TenTec] Paragon low power Output

[Carl Moreschi]

Looks like the 80 meter one is stuck on all the time.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 3/28/2017 7:56 AM, Steve Cochrane wrote:
> Yes, exactly my problem Perry. Where are the reed switches located, on the bandpass filter board?
>
> 3923.5 KHz 100+ watts Ic 14
> 7200 KHz 20 watts Ic 19
> 10100KHz 30 watts Ic 19
> 14300 KHz 9 watts Ic 19
> 18150 KHz 2 watts Ic 19
> 21300KHz 0 watts Ic 15
> 24950 Khz 2 watts Ic 11
> 28500 Khz 10 watts Ic 13
>
> Steve w7jsc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of w8au at sssnet.com
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 9:58 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment<tentec at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon low power Output
>
> At 10:58 PM 3/27/2017, you wrote:
>> My Paragon puts out full power on 80 meters, but has low power output
>> on all the other bands. Is there a Paragon expert out there that can
>> point me in the right direction on troubleshooting this problem? I'm
>> using a 50 ohm dummy load of course. It had full output on all bands
>> until one day I turned it on and I couldn't get full power. The amps
>> (Ip) look about where it should be, but output is way down.
>
> Check your collector current on the bands with low output. Is it the same
> as the 80 meter reading with full output?   If so.....
>
> Check your TX output bandpass filter reed switches.  Check to see if the reed switches are off on the bands not being used.
>
> Typically this problem is caused by reed switches not being turned off or just stuck on when not using those bands, causing a heavy load on the final and low output.
>
> Perry   w8au
>
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