[450] a little smoke

[David McKenzie]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 12:41 PM David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 12:15 PM Paul Cianciolo <paulc at snet.net> wrote:
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>> 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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>> W1VLF
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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
>> *To:* 144.450 Mailing List
>> *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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>> [image: signal-2023-12-12-094216_002jpeg]
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