The first thing that came to my mind was your power supply. Now you have .04 cents.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Curt Nixon <[email protected]> wrote: > GE Group: > > Joe: > > Just my 2 cents here...sudden failures of output are not caused by > alignment. It really sounds like a component failure of some sort. The > only thing messing with alignment will do for you at this point is mask the > solution to real problem. > > You will get good advice here regarding sorting thru the possible causes > and isolating the fault. Don't mess with the alignment. > > FWIW > > Curt > KU8L > 4 Line A and B, TR3 TR4 TR7 and much non-Drake classic equipment. > > > joe loverti wrote: > >> Garey, >> >> I'm not sure I mentioned this to you or not. When I first realized I was >> having this trouble with the low output on the TX I heard some kind of a >> sound when I was tuning up. This was right at the onset of the trouble. >> After hearing that sound is when I noticed my plate and RF out was way low. >> Its been like this ever since I heard the sound. I can't really accurately >> describe it other than a "flash" or a "sizzle". Not sure if it was an arc or >> what. I don't see anything on the variable capacitors that indicate that an >> arc occurred. I was not using an amp at the time. Just tuning up barefoot >> into my DL and at a fairly low power level. Could a component have failed? >> >> I'm a little hesitant to attempt an alignment myself. I don't consider >> myself much of a technician. I will read up on that procedure some more >> before I give it a go. >> >> Also, I am getting the exact same results whether I'm using the RCVR, >> XMTR, or in separate to tune up. >> >> 73 and thanks! >> >> -Joe >> WS8X >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Drakelist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Drakelist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist > >
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