Thank you to all those who have commented on my Decca Tx unit failure. As
the Tx has three units, and two are still working, I was able to compare
good with bad. This resulted in finding two faulty transistors, one open
circuit and one short circuit. Amazingly, the unit still gives 100W or so
output. Obviously the burnt component (which I now know to be a MOV) failed
at the same time.
Thanks to Derek, G3GRO, and the Crawley Club, I should have replacements
soon. In the meantime, the other two units are giving me a few hundred
watts.
Mike, G3XDV
http://www.lf.thersgb.net
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