Yeah, I do have that other supply just sitting there, so may just employ it
for now.
May actually do it some good to use it for a while.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: Strange TS590 Behavior
> How about putting off the inevitable for a bit Tom and try your other
> power supply for a decent time and see if you get the intermitency
> again. Perhaps keep you out of uncomfortable water; that would make
> me nervous, too. And when I was a kid I was all over 500 and 600
> volt D C supplies. Got knocked on my ass a time or two but went back
> for more!! Older and wiser, or smarter!!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 08:52 PM 1/24/2013, you 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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