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Offline KM4NJX

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New member, found your forum from youtube,
« 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.

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Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
« Reply #1 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.


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Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2017, 10:42:19 AM »
Will probably need a good cleaning. Let us know what you find James.
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Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: New member, found your forum from youtube,
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2017, 05:00:42 AM »
Tube pins and sockets, plus relay contacts.  Do not sand them relay contacts.
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