*Hello Al,*
* We had that exact same issue with a Corsair for my Friend
Cary/W5SRR. *
* Wade/KJ4WS*
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Al Gulseth <wb5jnc@centurytel.net> wrote:
> May be apples and oranges, but I had an issue with a Corsair "back when"
> where
> the RX on 40M would die after about an hour of operation (as you will see,
> this would have affected the TX also.) I called TT service and was advised
> to
> re-solder the bandswitch pins on the crystal board. When I pulled it out, I
> could see a hairline crack around the [square] bandswitch pin in the
> (round)
> PCB hole. A quick resoldering of all the pins and everything was happy.
> Yep,
> an actual "square peg in a round hole" problem HI HI!!
>
> 73, Al
>
> On Sat October 24 2015 9:27:19 am Bill Acito wrote:
> > Must be Corsair week. :-)
> >
> > I have a new-to-me Corsair I -- my winter refurb project. Good receive
> > (mostly), good condition, two primary issues:
> >
> > 1.
> > No RX 160 and 80: freq counter bounces around on 0.180 to 0.190 Mhz on
> > these bands. I assume I should be looking at the wafer switches and
> > oscillators? All other bands are fine on RX.
> >
> > 2. No power out on
> > TX -- zero. Scope says I have good output from the low-level driver. Do
> > the finals fail open? Do they both go together? Any easy way to check
> > if it's the drivers or the actual finals in the PA module? I also read
> > that there was a common T/R diode fail that impacted ALC? What were the
> > symptoms of this fail?
> >
> > Bill W1PA
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