Yes Richard, that is a pretty common problem. However it's also rather easy
to fix, in most cases. Just remove the top cover (power off of course!)
remove and re-seat the cable going to the connector on the display board.
Those connectors get 'dirty' after long periods of time, and often reseating
them fixes that type of problem. If reseating doesn't fix the problem, try
cleaning the connector pins with some type of cleaning fluid.
Good luck...
73,
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irena & Richard Jenkins" <richard.jenkins@internode.on.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:19 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Corsair Display Instability
> I have a Corsair Mark 1 on my desk right now. I'm listening to a radio
net
> involving amateurs around VK2. The nominal frequency is 3.6 MHz... but my
> dial is going crazy. It says anything from 1.0 through to 4.6 Mhz ... and
is
> continually changing.
>
> The receiver is steady on frequency ... and I am therefore assuming that
my
> VFO is stable. Earlier this evening I had a brief contact on 40 metres
with
> no difficulty. If the radio's frequency bobbed about like the dial
frequency
> ... there'd be no prospect of having a QSO.
>
> In these old rigs ... I believe that the digital display is in reality a
> frequency counter which blends the VFO output with other circuits to give
the
> 'true' frequency ... which arrangement differs with each band.
>
> Is this a common problem with the Corsair? It really is a fine radio ...
> except for this bug.
>
>
> 73
>
> Richard
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> Irena & Richard Jenkins VK1NDV & VK1RJ
> Canberra, AUSTRALIA
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