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Steve,

I think you'll need some sort of contact cleaner to fix that flakey control. 
I think it's actually an optical chopper, and the light is being blocked by 
some sort of crud that air or a vacuum hose won't remove.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30
Subject: Re: TS-2000 question


> Tnx Steve.  Got it all set up the way I want now.
>
> BTW, as for the multi channel knob, mine is going flaky after 8 years.
> Kind of jumps around as you try an  turn it to  set any of the functions 
> it
> is used for.   I've heard of others having this problem as the encoder 
> gets
> dirty.    If it ever needs to go out for service, I'll probably get it
> replaced.   Trying to blow it with air or using a vacuumed hose on it only
> gives  slight and temporary relief.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: TS-2000 question
>
>
>> Hmmm, I think the number 9 key is the fine step key?  If you press 9 by
>> itself, you can turn the multi-channel knob to set the finer steps.  If
>> you
>> press the func key first then 9, you set the step size used by the
>> multi-channel knob.
>>
>> So, I think what you want to do is press 9, rotate the multi-channel knob
>> to
>> the left, and press 9 again to save the change.
>>
>> Steve, K8SP
>> Lansing, MI
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:57 AM
>> Subject: TS-2000 question
>>
>>
>>    Here's one for you TS-2000 users:
>>
>> I've been set up so that one turn of the main tuning knob will give 1 khz
>> frequency change.  Somehow I've lost that and can't remember what I did 
>> or
>> how to get it back.  Menu 2  has settings for 1000 or 500, which will 
>> give
>> either 10 khz or 5 khz per turn of the knob.    What's the secret trick 
>> to
>> get back 1 khz per turn?
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
> 

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