Hi Steve, You'll probably see the same results doing it that way, I'm sure...
Still, it'd be most interesting as a final check-point to see what might happen if you were to swap that "bad" PTO into the "good" rig. Maybe you'll end-up just doing that in the end for curiousity's sake, who knows...? It IS a lot of work, for sure... ~73!~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ *************************************************************************************************************** On 2011-08-24, at 10:40 AM, Steve Wedge wrote: > No, but I've considered it. It's a lot more work getting the PTO in/out of > the transmitter due to the short leads and the proximity of the crystal bank > and bandswitch. > > My plan is to drive the PTO from a separate supply and check with the rest of > the receiver off and then on. I'm monitoring the output on my K3 and can > easily detect it the output is changing. > > W1ES/4 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eddy Swynar > Sent: Aug 24, 2011 9:20 AM > To: Steve Wedge > Cc: Richard Knoppow <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Drakelist] I feel like a buzzard... > > > On 2011-08-24, at 8:40 AM, Steve Wedge wrote: > >> The thing that's really puzzling me is that the PTO that's currently >> installed was rock-solid in the T-4XB it was in, and I did test the >> operation (alas, the PTO control seemed to be the only function of that >> transmitter that worked, but I digress...). It's just unlikely (but not >> impossible) that a previously-functioning PTO would suddenly exhibit the >> same symptoms as the one that was replaced. > > Hi Steve, > > A stupid question on my part, I'm sure, but here it comes anyway: did you > ever install the originally "bad" PTO into the originally "good" rig...? > > If the bad PTO suddenly became good after such a trans-migration, then it'd > definitely indicate that the problem resides somewhere in your original rig > itself, BEYOND the actual PTO. > > ...But you may well have already done that & mentioned it in passing. > > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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