Hi Mark:
I've found there are two main reasons older equipment stops working.
1. A metal to metal joint that's supposed to be conductive is not. See Hints &
Tips: What Goes Wrong:
http://www.prc68.com/I/HaT.shtml#Wgw
The fix is simply to disassemble, cycle all joints a few times and reassemble.
I have a gut feeling that applying oxygen free silicon grease before reassembly might be a real fix, but don't have
enough data to make the claim.
2. Capacitors go bad. Electrolytic caps essentially become open circuits and can do that without any indication of a
problem. Other times caps fail and cause very noticeable problems for adjacent components. So a visual and nasal
inspection is the fist step. An ESR meter is the second step.
http://www.prc68.com/I/HaT.shtml#CF
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Have Fun,
Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html
-------- Original Message --------
Antenna is good... it is feeding an HP amplified splitter which goes to 7 other
receivers.
And yes, it died in the middle of a run.
I have another Z12 coming from Ebay...
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Rats. Is the antenna known to be good? Is the Z12 providing bias on the
antenna cable? Did the Z12 stop tracking right in the middle of the
session with no nearby events or configuration changes?
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