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Old September 22nd 04, 03:45 AM
Robert Casey
 
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Default Had to fix my TS440SAT, cracked solder joints on a transistor

Was Q37's leads to the IF circuit board. Somehow it
developed circular cracks in the solder joint from
the leads to the board. It kept the rig from going
into transmit. It was just a control line level
shifter or inverter.

Oddly enough I had just finished installing a new
wire dipole strung between trees on my house's
quarter acre lot. Something vaguely resembling a
80 meter dipole with a W2AU balun at the feedpoint.
I thought that I somehow toasted
the xmit part of the rig with a bad antenna, but the
rig has self protection circuits. I don't think bad
solder joints on a control line transistor would be
caused by a new antenna.... :-)