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Announcements and Welcomes => New member welcome => Topic started by: KM4NJX on July 21, 2017, 07:05:19 AM

Title: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: KM4NJX on July 21, 2017, 07:05:19 AM
Hello my name is James, my call sign is km4njx, i have been licensed for 2 years, while I have been licensed that long I have hardly been on the air, because my elmer loaned me a tempo one, and shortly after, it quit transmitting and he has yet to fix it.
Title: Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: The Radio Shop on July 21, 2017, 07:19:33 AM
Hi James.
Welcome to the forums.
Please tell us a little about yourself.
A Tempo one is a nice old rig, but hardly a beginner rig. So many variables that can go wrong for the inexperienced operator.
I would look for a solid state rig. As long as you have a good antenna with good swr then you should be set.


Buddy
Title: Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: KM4NJX on August 14, 2017, 02:37:02 PM
Hey buddy thanks for the reply, I have managed to drag it back out the closet, and it appears to wanna intermittently transmit, like the wafer switches are dirty.
Title: Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: The Radio Shop on August 15, 2017, 10:42:19 AM
Will probably need a good cleaning. Let us know what you find James.
Title: Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: KM4NJX on August 15, 2017, 10:31:51 PM
Will do buddy, is there anything else that I need to look for in that rig that would cause it intermittently lose power.
Title: Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
Post by: The Radio Shop on August 16, 2017, 05:00:42 AM
Tube pins and sockets, plus relay contacts.  Do not sand them relay contacts.