I had the 20 meter section cease xmiting on my Pegasus...turned out that one
of the relays on the bandpass filter board developed an open circut on the
relay's coil....I think, since I used the rig on 20 meter psk predominately,
that the coil wire simply burnt open.
Both the input and output relay's coils are in series with one another, FWIW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus xmit problem
>I would guess because you removed the tuner that the board with the low
>pass
> filter relays on it is not fully seated in the pegasus. This board goes
> right next to the tuner board and is very easy to dislodge when adding or
> removing the tuner.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane - N9DG" <n9dg@yahoo.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus xmit problem
>
>
>> Rich,
>>
>> I'd be suspect of a couple things:
>>
>> 1. Output transistors have gone bad, would be a bit
>> surprising for a radio that was just sitting though. The main
>> clue to look for for this type of failure is if the PA heat
>> sink is warm or hot while only in RX.
>>
>> 2. LP filter relays not switching properly (bad relay). This
>> more typically effects just one band, unless it is the 15Mor
>> 20M relay stuck closed. Another possibility along this line
>> would be that the board interconnects are intermittent,
>> haven't really heard of the Pegasus having that kind of
>> problem though.
>>
>> Both of these problems are not uncommon for the Pegasus
>> though frequency that I see postings about people running
>> into them have dropped dramatically in the last couple years.
>>
>> Duane
>> N9DG
>>
>> --- Rich McCabe <r.mccabe@1967z28.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have a Pegasus that has been sitting in storage for
>> > awhile. I am just
>> > pulling it out and getting it back online.
>> >
>> > When I put it away I removed the factory internal tuner. I
>> > am pretty sure I
>> > checked it afterwards but its been long enough I cant
>> > remember for sure.
>> >
>> > Anyway, it transmits about 75 watts on 15 and 20 meters but
>> > has no power on
>> > any other bands. It acts like it is transmitting but has no
>> > power out. As a
>> > matter of fact, it is drawing HIGH current on the other
>> > bands when
>> > transmitting. I think on 15 and 20 it is draws about 12
>> > amps (crude estimate
>> > based on astron meter) and on other bands that have no
>> > power out it is
>> > drawing anywhere from 15 to 30 amps.
>> >
>> > Just getting ready to tear into it. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Rich
>> > kd0zv
>>
>>
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