TS820S Repair Questions

[Brian Carling]

GREAT! Thank you Mike!

On 17 Jan 2004 at 11:44, Mike Sanders wrote:

> Its the ground wiper on the back of the variable capacitor in the vfo
> box. Break the oxidation barrier with cleaning and the vfo should go
> back to being very stable.
>
>
>                       K0AZ
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of Brian Carling
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 6:50 AM To:
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>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a newly acquired TS820S and the VFO is jumping
> around pretty badly most of the time.
>
> I also noticed that the "tumblers" for the 100 kHz positions
> on the analog dial are not correct either.
> They start coming out at 140 kHz instead of at 100 kHz.
>
> The VFO jumping is a separate issue. At first I thought it was dirt
> switches - either the function switch or band switch. But then I
> noticed as I get higher up the dial, even the tuning dial itself will
> cause it to suddenly jump from say 7160 kHz to 7885 kHz.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about where I might start looking for the
> problem so I can fix it?
>
> The rig was in storage for several years and prior to that had
> supposedly worked just fine.
>
> Any tips or pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks - Bry, AF4K
>
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