Werner, Look in the BFO and VFO areas.
An problem that corrects itself by tapping is normally caused by a bad solder connection. Reflow the soldering (adding a little bit of flux from new solder) with a hot (400 degC) iron. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/8/2012 6:48 AM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: > I have an intermittent problem when receiving and transmitting. > Rx: the received modulation from other stations on 80/40m in LSB sounds like > it is on the > wrong sideband. The RX level seems quite low. Sometimes I have the impression > that the > frequency is not stable, it is like the radio is tuning upwards, the sound of > the signal becomes > narrower (with the OP1 selected) > Tx: there is no or very little output power. > All symptoms disappear when I tap on the top case and the radio works normal > for a while > until it appears again. > > Can someone imagine where I should start looking for the problem? > Any specific information on the installed options needed? > > 73! > Werner oe9fwv > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

