On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 18:47 -0500, Jim Goudie wrote:
> Ken and everyone out there...
>
> I finally opened up the Omni VI and exercised all the connectors
> inside... and I haven't had the problem with the meter lights and
> LED's going "dark" since. So, that problem seems to have been
> solved, but, my heart sank when I noticed that I had created a new problem...
>
> I put the rig back together and now the audio was muffled, distorted,
> and signals were weak at best. Then I discovered that the PBT
> control had no effect on the audio whatsoever. So, I opened up the
> rig again, applied power, and poked around a bit. Finally, I decided
> to try re-exercising the connectors going to the PBT control on the
> back of the panel. When I turned it back on, I gave a huge sigh of
> relief. It was working properly again... and continued to do so even
> after I put it all back together! (I had visions of really messing
> things up somehow... :-()
>
> Thanks for the help... and just wanted to report that it's working
> well, in spite of me...
> Jim, AF3Z
>
>
Now, in preparation for the next time these events reoccur, you need to
acquire a dropper bottle of Cramolin's DeoxIT, and to apply a half or
quarter drop to each connector contact surface to make the contact
cleaning last much longer. Antique Electronic Supply is one known dealer
for it.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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