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[TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes

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Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes
From: n9dg@yahoo.com (Duane Grotophorst)
Date: Wed Jul 2 14:18:14 2003
Yes there is another SPDT "T/R" relay for controlling
external devices. Its 3 pins are available on the
Molex accessory jack. I'm sure that is the relay that
you are hearing.

Duane
N9DG

--- "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Pardon me, but are you sure?  When I key mine, I
> sure hear something 
> clacking.  Then while in cw tx mode if I listen
> carefully I hear the soft 
> ticking of something that sounds like a reed relay.
> 
> thanks for the adivce re the switch. I checked the
> meter with a VOM and it 
> is okay (for now).  there's a pot and a fixed
> resistor if I recall correctly 
> in the line to the meter when it is switched to
> measure Ic.  I'll check them 
> out.
> 
> Rob K5UJ
> 
> 
> <There are no TR relay contacts in the Corsair...
> Its diode switched. The
> intermittent receive often comes from the separate
> receive antenna
> switch on the back panel. Work in a half drop of
> DeoxIt to taker are of
> that problem.
> 
> Any current that passes through a meter to lift and
> burn a foil is
> usually destructive to the meter.
> 
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ>
> 


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