Scott....
Check the soldering on the bottom of the board where Q3 is located.
Older Ten Tec rig's are infamous for bad soldering joints.
Good luck with it.
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Sheppard" <scottsheppard@videotron.ca>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:28 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Help--New Omni D Ser B owner needs help
> Hi folks,
>
> I just picked up a TEn-Tec after wanting one for many years. The
> rig rec's fine and does key but there is no RF out. Thee is a very
> weak signal present from the low level board but very weak--hardly
> measurable.
>
> I have replaced all the diodes on the SWR board, checked levels
> etc etc but cant get the rig to worl UNLESS--get ready for this:
> By accident I touched q3 (the rf transsistor on the LLDriver) and
> had the PA kick in to 100 watts (estimate.)
>
> It will only do htis odd behavior with an antenna not a dummy
> load. With the dummy load all I can get is th eside tone and a
> weak signal I am able to detect with a separate radio. I have also
> replaced the switching transistors with 3904's on the low level
> board.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? What is the RF output from the low
> level driver supposed to be into the PA?
>
> Appreciate any thoughts or similar problems.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> scott VA3ZW
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