wow, you think he might be a ford guy hahaha.
that is one, not the only, good thing about fords...they are quite often
easier to work on as a backyard/driveway mechanic compared to toyota's,
hondas or other built in the US import cars.
I work on my exploder all the time and find it pretty straight forward.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Could it be time to replace My old trusty Astron RS35 Power
Supply?
> In the same vein Tom, we stopped at our oldest sons this morning and
> he was under his 2002 Ford Taurus replacing a rear spring. He is not
> a mechanic by trade but is very competent, perhaps more so than a lot
> of people you pay professionally but he is so tired of fixing old
> cars!! He has a 2002, his wife a 20005 Ford full sized van and three
> of their kids early 2000 Tauruses and Focuses!! We were kidding him
> about getting out the checkbook and replacing all of them!! Wwith
> one just out of college, one just beginning college and two more in
> iigh school, that ain't going to happen!, but the point is that you
> can fix things on and on and they are still old and break!! Cut John
> a good deal and help out Astron's bottom line and make it simple on
> yourself!!
> Pat, K9JAU At 09:41 PM 6/1/2012, you wrote:
>> Thanks, Colin.
>>
>>I'm not too handy with soldering components and the like, so I may have to
>>go the purchasing route.
>>
>>Perhaps if someone wants to use this one as a back-up, as John suggested
>>earlier, I could make a deal and sell it at a nicely discounted price.
>>The
>>supply is over 14 years old, and has been used rather hard, so the fact
>>that
>>caps, a regulator, or something may be starting to fail is not totally
>>surprising to me.
>>
>>Again, I'll think on this for a few days.
>>
>>Keep those thoughts and ideas coming!
>>
>>73 from Tom Behler; kB8TYJ
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:21 PM
>>Subject: Re: Could it be time to replace My old trusty Astron RS35 Power
>>Supply?
>>
>>
>> > could be, probably the caps, but it also sounds allot like a regulator
>> > failing.
>> > if the voltage is wandering all over the place like that, then the
>> > regulator
>> > isn't doing it's job, and that isn't just some caps.
>> > I can see maybe a few volts of fluctuation when a load is put on the
>> > supply
>> > if the caps were going...but he said down to 2 or 3 volts? that's a
>> > regulator.
>> > Probably a pretty cheap fix if you want to go that route Tom...maybe
>> > trickier to fix yourself if your not used to soldering etc...but the
>> > regulator components are pretty simple.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Colin, V A6BKX
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:15 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Could it be time to replace My old trusty Astron RS35
>> > Power
>> > Supply?
>> >
>> >
>> >> It's probably the capacitors going in it, that happens after a while
>> >> and
>> >> they're easy to replace only held to the board with a couple screws.
>> >> Parts
>> >> can still be gotten. I know a few who've had that problem. If you
>> >> decide
>> >> to
>> >> get a new one, probably another of the same thing is your best bet or
>> >> going
>> >> up on the amperage though I used to run all that and then some off
>> >> mine
>> >> and
>> >> it never complained. If you get to the point you just don't want to
>> >> deal
>> >> with it and do want to buy something else, Let me know, if my front
>> >> steps
>> >> don't cost too much I'll buy it off you and fix it up for a backup.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:54 PM
>> >> Subject: Could it be time to replace My old trusty Astron RS35 Power
>> >> Supply?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi, folks.
>> >>>
>> >>> I know we have had similar discussions on the list before, but
>> >>> tonight I
>> >>> feel I have discovered something that may be of interest to others.
>> >>>
>> >>> Basically, over the past few days, I have found that even when
>> >>> transmitting
>> >>> on the resonant frequency of an antenna with a 1.0 to 1 SWR, my TS590
>> >>> seems
>> >>> to fold back to an output power of approximately 50 watts. These
>> >>> power
>> >>> readings have been obtained from both the meter on the TS590, and my
>> >>> TW1
>> >>> talking watt meter.
>> >>>
>> >>> I thoroughly checked all coax and DC power connections, but
>> >>> everything
>> >>> seemed ok.
>> >>>
>> >>> I measured the power supply's voltage first with no load, and it was
>> >>> 13.35
>> >>> volts consistently. However, when I transmitted in RTTY mode with
>> >>> 100
>> >>> watts, thereby putting a full load into the circuit, the DC voltage
>> >>> readings
>> >>> started fluctuating all over the place. They ranged from a high of
>> >>> 10
>> >>> volts, to as low as 2 or 3 volts. Then, on a whim, I connected the
>> >>> Kenwood
>> >>> PS53 power supply that I got with the Kenwood 570 I purchased from
>> >>> the
>> >>> estate sale in our area, and the output power readings were a very
>> >>> solid
>> >>> 100
>> >>> watts, even when the rig was keyed down continuously for several
>> >>> minutes.
>> >>>
>> >>> I know there is a way to adjust the voltage in the RS35, but with the
>> >>> foldback of the ts590, and the fluctuations in voltage readings, I'm
>> >>> now
>> >>> getting a bit nervous about using the RS35 as my main supply.
>> >>>
>> >>> Does anyone have any thoughts or similar experiences to report?
>> >>>
>> >>> If I do need to be in the market for a new power supply, I have
>> >>> several
>> >>> requirements:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1. I'd like it to be a linear supply
>> >>>
>> >>> 2. I'd like it to be something that could deliver at least 40 amps
>> >>> continuously through my rigrunner, because I sometimes run the TS590,
>> >>> my
>> >>> TMV71A, and my TMV7A packet set-up simultaneously.
>> >>>
>> >>> If anyone has specific suggestions regarding a supply that I might
>> >>> wish
>> >>> to
>> >>> consider, please let me know.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >
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