====== Silence the T/R Relay in a Paragon ======
**From the Ten-Tec Reflector March 20, 2005**

Is there a simple way to defeat the auxiliary T/R switching relay RLY 1 on my Paragon?  I will never need to switch an external amplifier, and the clicking is annoying when operating CW QSK.

Thanks for the help!  73, Jim K5HO

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**March 20, 2005**

I've just clipped one leg of the driver transistor located adjacent to the relay itself on several TT rigs over the years. It is a simple matter to put a drop of solder on it again if you want to re-enable the relay... Not very elegant, but worked for me..
73\\ 
Tim\\ 
Nz8J

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**March 20, 2005**

I usually pop off the relay's plastic case and jam a paper match stem between the contacts to keep them from moving. This makes it easy to retro.
Steve Ellington  N4LQ