Probably the variable cap in the element (frequency trimmer) went bad on you .... gotta love MICOR :)
twoway_tech wrote: > Hello, Hello > > I have a Micor UHF repeater station on amateur. I have had it tuned and > tested perfect since last fall. I sent my elements to Bomar and had them > temperature compensated and all that good stuff. After the repeater has set > out in the garage all winter, (unheated, in Indiana) I powered it up today to > find that the transmitter didn't appear to be working. After some tests I > found that the element was off frequency. I tuned back to frequency and > tested. It stayed on frequency for about 2 minutes and then drifted off about > 40 Kc. From that point on it would not tune up. I installed the crystal in > another element and it tuned right up and stayed that way for the hour that I > left it running before I had to leave. I am wondering if it was as simple as > the element being bad or maybe something else going on. If it is just the > element, I wonder why it just decided to take a dump??? > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > -Jordan > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
