John,
Often times there is an intermittent due to poor connectivity of the plug
ins or the grounds needing to be cleaned and redone. Try reseating
everything you can. It has worked for me in the past with Ten Tec gear. Just
a factor of age and the need for the grounds to be tighter and the
connectors to connect better.
Hope you got a good price. Still a good rig.
Michael Goins, k5wmg
Professor, Writing
University of Texas at San Antonio
Northwest Vista College
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:17 AM, mike bryce <prosolar@sssnet.com> wrote:
> john, I don't know right off hand what the problem is, but a quick plug and
> replug of the cables would be the first thing I'd do
>
> good news... Ten tec still has (had!) some displays in stock
>
>
> Mike, WB8VGE
> SunLight Energy Systems
> The Heathkit Shop
> http://www.theheathkitshop.com/
> J e e p
> o|||||||o
>
> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is never
> sure.
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:20 AM, john ferro wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, I recently picked up a Ten Tec Delta II 536 from a local ham. I got a
> good deal on it, but i bought it knowing there were some problems. A loose
> VFO knob, lcd backlight is out and the most serious, erroneous frequency
> readings. The radio receives great and has a wonderful quiet Ten Tec
> receive. I have not tried transmit yet, but was told it puts out full power.
> >
> > The main problem is the frequency display is cuckoo. 5's can have an
> extra segment - 8's can look like two lines or 6's - the lsb and usb
> indicators are on at the same time, there's a segment missing on the swr
> indicator etc etc., just crazy readings that make it hard to know where you
> are.
> >
> > interestingly enough the first two digits in the freq. display are fine,
> so i at least know what band i'm on. It seems the display driver might be
> bad or maybe the encoder. i figure no better place to post this message than
> here. any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > 73, john
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your
> inbox.
> >
> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|