On Sun, 20 May 2012 12:18:33 -0500, Brian Koontz wrote: > >Look at the small transformer at the lower left of the rig. I had a >dead rig too, and part of the ferrite core had fallen off to the >bottom of the unit. Glued it all back together (don't forget the >little white wire that wraps around the transformer, it's important >for some reason I forget now), and rig worked again.
Transformer core malfunction does not (or, should not) produce a completely dead radio as described. What this causes is loss of +24 and -5 volts, which causes a host of other problems, but the rig still lights up. 73 -Jim NU0C -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
