TenTec
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TenTec] Argosy 2

To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Argosy 2
From: Martin Sole <hs0zed@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:38:12 +0700
List-post: <mailto:tentec@contesting.com>
Hi Snowy,

Trust all is well with you. Back in the day, 1980-1990 when I worked on a lot of that kind of equipment, pro and amateur but using similar devices, we found 4558 dual op-amps and 4016 CMOS switches to have particularly bad yields, at least both were very sensitive to damage it seemed. Recall this was before a lot of people, including companies, took anti-static precautions seriously so you have a lot of product potentially out in the world with devices possibly harmed to the point of a shortened life.

I don't know the particular application but as a mic amp I would expect you should have DC supply on 8, a good ground on 4 and mid rail approx on the inputs and outputs. A few mV of audio on the inputs should see a gain at the output as per R choices. Anything other than that is a dead chip and I would pull it. Measure supply and bias volts on the board before you fit another to be sure its not somewhere else.

Martin, HS0ZED


On 10/6/63 04:21, ROLAND HOWELL via TenTec wrote:

Hi Gents

This may be a duplicate of an email already sent, however I may have sent it to the wrong email address, so here is my plea again.

I have just put a Argosy 525d on the bench, TX is fine on tune and cw, 50 watts at full power or 5 watts with rear switch in low position, the reported problem is no TX audio on SSB, tried another mic, still the same.

Looking at the diagram I see mic audio goes thru' a 4558 I/c, are they a known problem or should I look elsewhere, going to do voltage checks Wednesday.

Have any of learned gents met this problem, if so what did you find.

Stay well and healthy

73

Snowy G0HZE
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec

_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>