Jeff, That scenerio happened several times in the past when I had my PP 805, and PPP 808's on the air (circa 1983 to 86). Dam switch contacts kept welding! Jim
Geoff/W5OMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You > turn on your receiver, hear W5OMR calling a CQ with an S-meter pegging > signal, and that excellent 250 TH audio. You then zero beat him with your > valiant, and when he pauses you hit the plate switch. What happens then? > Well that last screw you put in extended into the Valiant high voltage area > shorting it out. The 866's flash over pulling high current, the lights dim, > the fuse does not blow (you forgot that you replaced the fuse with a sawed > off volume control shaft), you hit the plate switch, and it doesn't shut off > because the contacts are welded on now. Finally the house circuit breaker > pops, but too late for your HV plate transformer, and 866's. They are toast. > The moral of the story here is to leave the last two screws out, and enjoy > your wonderful Valiant! :) Please tell me this didn't happen to you this morning, Jim.... It would have been nice to work ya. I did talk to ol' Uncle Ed, up in Harrisburg, PA/WA3PUN as well as Bill, WA3YNR... along about 2am, I went inside the house (I forget why) but I never made it back out. 6 hours later, I know everyone is not on 3.880 anymore. *sigh* I need some regular sleeping habits. 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR _______________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html ---
