<div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 12:41 PM David McKenzie <<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 12:15 PM Paul Cianciolo <<a href="mailto:paulc@snet.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">paulc@snet.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That looks a lot like a arc with all that black carbon…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">DO you know what exactly happened?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Sorry about that man…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">PaulC<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">W1VLF<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Check out my  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/W1VLF/videos" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube Channel W1VLF </a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> 450 [mailto:<a href="mailto:450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David McKenzie<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 12, 2023 9:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> 144.450 Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [450] a little smoke<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="419" height="557" id="m_-1112414017979990764m_-7243613853356881185m_6946586813240019132_x0000_i1025" alt="signal-2023-12-12-094216_002jpeg"><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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