That (relay failure) was given was the cause of the low 30M output and no 160M
output on my Omni Vi+ this summer when I sent it in for repairs. All 12 (I
think) were replaced at that time.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 8:52 AM, Lee WA3FIY <wa3fiy@radioadv.com> wrote:
>
> Chuck mentioned on his web page that the Paragon only has 12 watts or so
> output so he
> suspects drive or PA problems if I read that correctly. Could well be one of
> those but there is
> another possibility...bad relay on output low pass filter board. If one or
> more relays weld
> closed this symptom will be present on several but not necessarily all bands.
> I've had that
> happen twice over the last dozen years or so. Once on a Pegasus and once on
> a Paragon.
> So checking out the LP filter relays might be a good place to start.
>
> For what it's worth, the failures were two different types. The Pegasus
> simply had a wear out
> failure. The Pagagon failure was caused by a leaking 9 volt memory backup
> battery. The
> leakage contaminated a lowpass filter board on the bandswitching lines
> causing one or more
> relays to be closed when they were not supposed to be. Why would a relay
> weld you ask?
> I'm thinking that being closed when it was not supposed to be caused high
> circulating
> currents on the LP filter board welding one of the relay contacts. Not sure
> about that but I
> am sure the relay had stuck contacts and the radio acted like it had PA
> failure. A replacement
> relay fixed the problem. :-)
>
> Good hunting!
>
> -Lee-
>
> WA3FIY
>
>
>
>> On 4 Mar 2015 at 16:26, chuck adams wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to all who have helped and are helping on the
>> Paragon 585 transceiver.
>>
>> I have a manual on the way with the schematics.
>>
>> I went to Home Depot and got a quart of Behr
>> Premium Plus Ultra Interior Semi-Gloss Enamel.
>> I took the cover in and they scanned it with their
>> magic wand to get the color.
> etc.
>
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