Lou, thanks much.  The problem turned out to be the battery which was a 
surprise as it was not that old. I believe it was about four months old. 
I'll remember what you said about the battery leads.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] Millenium QSYER


> Hi Fred.
>
> I have two comments in addition to Gary's comments.
>
> 1.  I have found in my shack that if I hit a frequency where there is any 
> RF traveling back on the shield of the coax into the shack, the QSYer will 
> lock up.  Pressing the reset button that Gary mentioned will resolve this 
> problem until the next time that you have RF in the shack.  This is a 
> frequent problem on 75 meters on my G5RV.
>
> 2.  I find that the battery life is much shorter than I was led to believe 
> from the documentation, so it might just be a dead 9 volt battery.  That 
> would be the next thing that I would try if hitting the reset button 
> doesn't resolve the problem.
>
> By the way, be extremely careful when changing that 9 volt battery.  The 
> battery leads are very short, and in my case, the sudden jerk of popping 
> the clip off of the battery was enough to pull one of the leads off the 
> board.  I sent the unit back and asked him to give me a little longer lead 
> length on the new clip, which he did, and the problem has not redeveloped.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 05:31 PM 2/21/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>   My millenium QSYER has stopped working and I would appreciate any info 
>> or
>>help.  I would appreciate it if someone could refresh my memory on how to
>>get to the battery.  The instructions mentions about using a paper clip or
>>sharp object to push a button to reset the QSYER if all else fails but I
>>cannot find a place ore hole to do this. If someone remembers where this 
>>is
>>located I would appreciate it if you could tell me.  I have instructions
>>that I got off the internet but it does not tell me anything about the
>>battery.  I would like to get it working without sending it back to John
>>Hansen if I can.  Will appreciate any help.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>FRED ADAMS W4HC
>>FIGHT TRUTH DECAY
>>
>>
>>
>>
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