TS-440s update

  If you have been having some signal loss on either receive or transmit,  you
might check the J-15 connector on the IF board(X60-1300-00).  I am not quite
sure just what this circuit is doing (feedback or signal),  but have been
having some troubles with loss of full signal output,  and a noticable 20+db
signal loss on receive.  Generally a quick slapp of the case restored the unit
to normal (I thought) use,  but within a few day's it was back to having
trouble.  Well it only took me 3 months to decide to find the culprit(s),  and
decided it had to be either a bad connection,  or RING-OUT.  After taking the
case apart as was actually going to replace a bulb,  I noticed that the signal
strength was going up and down as I worked on the rig (never work on a rig with
power on,  unless doing alignments,  or testing,  never to replace a bulb!
hihi)  Anyway I got to moving some cables around and noticed that under
certain circumstances that the signal would go from very weak to very strong.

This was also true in the transmit mode,  where it would be full output to
hardly any output,  and could be anything in between.  Oh well,  the remedy
was to correct the connection,  by cleaning it,  and making sure that the
connectors have sufficent force to maintain good contact.

  J-15 is located next to the front corner by the Antenna Tuner.

  NOTE:  This proably was acentuated by being near the coast,  and also using
         this rig for mobil uses.  Just a quick hint for those having a
         simular problem,  and a place to start.

  NOTE:  After this fix,  The rig is actually preforming better than it ever
         has?  No idea as to why it has been this way,  but I did purchase the
         rig used a few years back.(6 months old at most).

73's de ben,  wb8lgh