[450] a little smoke

[David McKenzie]

Back in business, and I found the 300 watts I was missing. Peaked over 1kw
on the meter with 25w in.

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 1:49 PM David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DO you know what exactly happened?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry about that man…
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> PaulC
>>>
>>> W1VLF
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>>>
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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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: signal-2023-12-12-094216_002jpeg]
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