At 08:55 AM 3/28/98 EST, you wrote:
>RECENTLY GOT A OMNI C FROM THE FACTORY WHICH I LIKE VERY MUCH HOWEVER
,ABOUT 2
>WEEKS AGO THE SENSITIVTY DROPPED BY SEVERAL S UNITS AND IT HAD INTERMITTANT
>BURSTS OF NOISE! I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE R F ATTENUATOR WAS NOT WORKING . A
>CALL TO THE TECH. AT TENTEC ADVISED THAT PROBABLY THE PIN DIODES WERE BAD ON
>THE R F ATTEN. BOARD ! HE WAS CORRECT . I REPLACED THEM (SUPPLIED BY TEN
TEC)
>AND ALL IS BACK TO NORMAL . ALSO LOW SENS. COULD BE BAD DIODES ON THE SWR-T/R
>BOARD BUT MINE WERE OK HOPE THIS MITE BE HELPFUL TO SOME DE JERRY K9UT
This was also a common problem with my Corsair, until Ten Tec made a mod to
the SWR board and added some MOVs, never had the problem again. When I had
my Omni-C, I always kept some pin diodes around, their only about $1 at
Radio Shack, very common diode. Good luck with it.
73, Chris KB3A
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