Thanks for this info on theAstron voltage pot location, Butch.

Somewhere around here, I have some more details about the Astron and where 
things are located in there, but I've yet to find them.

Will keep looking.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior


> I've don it lots of times.  I would check voltage first at the back of
> the supply.  If you stay from the front of the supply, that is where the
> 120 ac is.  The pot is a little strange to find, the board is upside
> down, parts down, so you have to kind of reach under the board to find
> the pot.  The board is usually mounted on top of the very large filter
> cap.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Tom Behler wrote:
>
>> Steve:
>>
>> I know it shouldn't but taking the cover off the Astron makes me kind of
>> skiddish, but I may just have to do that to check that pot and be sure my
>> voltage isn't somehow fluctuating.
>>
>> If anyone has some safe and blind-friendly instructions as to how to 
>> check
>> and possibly adjust the RS35 voltage pot, please send them my way.
>>
>> I want to keep it a pleasant experience.  (smile)
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> You may not need to replace the supply, but you might consider checking
>>> the
>>> pot that adjusts the voltage to make sure it hasn't gotten dirty.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 19:32
>>> Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior
>>>
>>>
>>>> Steve:
>>>>
>>>> Another thing I have occasionally wondered out loud on the list about 
>>>> is
>>>> whether my 15-year-old Astron RS35 power supply might be in need of
>>>> replacement at some point.
>>>>
>>>> I have another 20-amp Kenwood supply here that I might just put in the
>>>> circuit for a while to see if anything behaves differently.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:59 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like you might be on the hairy edge of a low voltage problem.
>>>>> Other
>>>>> than that, I'd say it's time for repair (unless you have some other
>>>>> faulty
>>>>> connections).
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 20:12
>>>>> Subject: Strange TS590 Behavior
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everyone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This quiry is to all of you TS590 owners out there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Several times now, I have noticed something really strange with my
>>>>>> TS590,
>>>>>> the cause of which I can't exactly pinpoint.  In fact, it happened
>>>>>> again
>>>>>> last night.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was making some adjustments to my TS590, and suddenly, the receive
>>>>>> sensitivity of the rig dropped.  In addition, I started getting some
>>>>>> very
>>>>>> weird SWR readings and output power readings as I went through the
>>>>>> bands,
>>>>>> and switched various antennas in and out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since I had the ARCP590 software, and all of my memories and settings
>>>>>> saved
>>>>>> for ready reference, I did a full re-set of the rig, hoping it would
>>>>>> correct
>>>>>> the problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I was done with the re-set, the rig was still acting very
>>>>>> strangely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, I simply turned it off, and went to bed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This morning, I turned the rig back on, and everything was fine, as 
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> nothing ever happened.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My theory is that something is tripping some sort of circuit 
>>>>>> protection
>>>>>> system in the rig, and that, once the rig is idle, things somehow
>>>>>> re-set
>>>>>> themselves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, I can't say for sure what I was doing that created the problem
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> begin with, but it didn't seem to be anything too significant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm just curious as to whether anyone else has had this sort of thing
>>>>>> happen
>>>>>> to them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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