[450] a little smoke

[David McKenzie]

i had the 250w slug not the 500w slug in so in actuality getting about 600w
out again, though it is topping out a bit lower with the makeshift traces.
I have the matching coil to the other side on order and will swap it in and
see if things improve in a few days, but since it is on the bench anyway
I'll probably play with it a bit more.

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 2:47 PM David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

> 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…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PaulC
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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