[450] a little smoke

[David McKenzie]

I began repairs before PT I actually do have the caps and the wire to wind
the coil so I may try it before going thru the trouble of a combiner swap.



On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 12:15 PM Paul Cianciolo <paulc at snet.net> wrote:

> That looks a lot like a arc with all that black carbon…
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> DO you know what exactly happened?
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> Sorry about that man…
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> PaulC
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> *From:* 450 [mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com] *On Behalf Of *David
> McKenzie
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 12, 2023 9:56 AM
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> *Subject:* [450] a little smoke
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> It appears that a coil and capacitor have met their maker and taken some
> strip line with it. Will at the very least need to repair the output
> combiner board and replace the coil and capacitor. I might take the output
> combiner off the spare I have and swap that in since the strip lines are in
> bad shape. I don't think I have the value of the ATC cap I need for the
> output so I will have to make an order.
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