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Re: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V
From: "5 Watt John-Dade City, FL" <wa4jm@earthlink.net>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:07:58 -0400
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My Brand New Argo V did the same thing within a month. TT promptly fixed it. No problems since. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Towers" <mm0rkt@beeb.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V


Some time ago the power output on my Argonaut V dropped to nearly zero
on all bands.

TenTec say the most likely cause is

a) one or more of the switching diodes in the LPF circuits
or
b) blown finals

I rarely ran it at more than 10W and was always pretty careful about
running it into high SWRs.

The rig is well out of warranty and getting it to TenTec across The Pond
and back is pretty expensive, so I'm wondering whether to find and fix
the problem myself.

I've recently built a K2, so I'm not too scared of complex PCBs.

Has anyone fixed a similar problem themselves? If so, any help would be
much appreciated.

73

Bob Towers
MM0RKT

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