Loose connections are always a possibility.
This radio is getting tot he age at which electrolytic capacitors are reaching
end-of-life. They can cause many odd performance issues.
The thing has just done you a favor, it went dead. It should now be easier to
fix.
Hope it’s not the CPU though...
Gary
W0DVN
> On Dec 16, 2016, at 5:05 PM, <larse@ardmore.net> <larse@ardmore.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Ed,
>
> I hope this is of some help.
> Several years ago my Jupiter was working fine one day and not at all the next.
> I did some checks on the power supply and fuse and all was ok.
> It turned out that the wiring on the power switch had come loose.
>
> 73
> Lars Edwards
> KA4U
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ed lawson
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 5:00 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter Question
>
>
> Yesterday the Jupiter was working fine. Today it started transmitting
> as soon as turned on and generally erratic behavior, turned rig off, did
> reset, this did not solve issues, turned rig off, turned rig on and
> there is complete silence and rig is dead. No lights, absolutely
> nothing. Fuse OK and power supply is providing 13.8 V to power cord.
>
> Any suggestions of things to check before shipping off to be examined
> by Ten-Tec? Does this suggest a terminal problem?
>
> Thank you.
> --
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