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+ | ====== Omni D Series C PTO Drift ====== | ||
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+ | //from the Ten-Tec reflector 8/17/12// | ||
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+ | **W9ILF**: | ||
+ | I had a comment while on the CW traffic net 40 meters tonight that my tx was drifting up and down a little while transmitting on my Omni D series C. I could also hear the freq shift in the receiver. | ||
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+ | Anyway I finished with the net and moved down freq and had a QSO with a guy who said my signal was rock solid. I called another net just a little later on 80 meters and my report again was solid, no drift. | ||
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+ | I guess it is intermittent, but where should I start looking to trouble shoot this issue? | ||
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+ | **N4NT**: | ||
+ | Tune around some carriers and see if you can hear a warble as you tune. The | ||
+ | main cause of trouble like you experience has always for me been gummy, | ||
+ | dried-up grease in the PTO. I have never needed a PTO rebuild kit, just | ||
+ | clean off the gummy grease with Dawn or some such and re-grease. I asked a | ||
+ | tech down at Ten-Tec what grease they used and was told, "just axle grease | ||
+ | we get down at the Co-op." | ||
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+ | **W8AU**: | ||
+ | Take the bottom off, use cramolin or solvent on the bandswitches. | ||
+ | That clears if for my OMNI C | ||
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