It will save a couple of bucks for postage But it will not count for DXCC.

Mark,
That looks like it had a filter cap or 3 blow that is why the board had 3 different brands of filter caps o it from the first set of pictures. The previous owner/repairer just used what he could find to fix that problem and did not just get 8 new filter caps to do the job right. And that led to the problem you now have.

I thought Pace only made CB stuff unlike Midland and Johnson who were making Business Band but played in the CB market. 27.290 is in the CB band range me thinks that Pace made it seem to be a  Business Band amp to get around the FCC rules before they did the real crackdown on 27Mhz amps in the late 70's (Too bad they still do not). If you worked Al NH7O he would have told you if the Audio or Signal were not clean or not and if he said it was fine then it was fine.

73
Roland AH6RR

I just wish they would not QSY to another band when the one they are on is just opening up here. They just start to get to S3-4 and then the QSY and then they are not even ESP then

You are 100% correct Lou. I would get the very small ball metal grinding tip for the Dremel tool and carefully grind out the carbon trace between the copper traces making sure all of it is gone. Then I would use a fast setting epoxy and coat the area where you ground out the carbon arc. Epoxy will adhere to fiberglass with no problems and the board will remain intact with no extra holes plus if any carbon is remaining (though there should not be any at all) the epoxy will cover it and for the most part keep it from conducting. Once that is done then you need to find what caused it in the first place. After looking at the photos it looks like where the HV from the transformer comes into the board.

I would get the Cornell Dubilier or the EPCOS in the General Purpose caps or if you want the low esr go for the EPCOS.
Here is a look at what Low ESR is http://www.illinoiscapacitor.com/pdf/Papers/low_ESR_fact_or_fiction.pdf

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Roland AH6RR

It looks like someone used 3 different filter caps. Having never worked on a TT425 but a HV Supply is a HV supply and that board looks good BUT the caps need to be the same not just in value but dimensions and manufacturer and the ones in the pictures do not.  It looks like 4 of them are the same then you have 2 pairs of completely different ones. That is where I would start I would remove all of them and the bleeder resistors and replace them with 8 of the same value and manufacturer.
Of course I would also check the Rectifier Diodes and if any of them are bad I would change them all.

Roland AH6RR

At that time of day or I should say night the 40M and 30M bands are getting longer so deep fades are normal. So what you are experiencing is some to very little NVIS if you were to try at say 1300-1500 hrs your time it would be all NVIS and very little QSB (fades). At 1900 there is very little D layer absorption so the signals are passing the D layer on their way to the F layer.
Here in Hawaii the 40M band is long around 1700 HST and local work can be challenging at best but working DX is no problem.

Heck I wish they would not QSY to an another band just when they are starting to come up here like they have been doing EVERY DAY SO FAR.

I have never been but I am saving up and who knows by the time I am 65 I might be able to make it. I really want to go but when your a working man it is hard after paying taxes.

Michael,

I am in the middle of building a Half Square for 80, 40 and 30 meters for my small lot I have 2 40ft trees 150 feet apart with a a north/south direction of radiation. Please read this on the Half Suqare http://rudys.typepad.com/ant/files/antenna_halfsquare_array.pdf
Mine is going up in a couple of months because I am putting the 30M up this weekend to test out first then the 40M one until fall then the 80M one will go up. A freind and me were talking about low band antennas for dx'ing and since dipole are NVIS at low hights I talked him into a Half Square he put up his 40M on Monday and he is hearing and working stations he can not hear or just in the noise on his rotatable dipole at 60ft and they are S7 to S9 on the Half Square at 50ft.
I modeled the 80M HS on 4NEC2 and the swr was 1:40:1 on the design frequency and doing a Sweep of 1MHZ to 20Mhz there are good dips for the 160M and 60M band that a tuner should handle fine. You have enough wire for the 80M Half Square. All you need is 2 trees 140 to 150 apart in the direction you need for the antenna pattern to be broadside to and 40 to 60 feet high.

Roland AH6RR

I saw the spots but I could not hear them here they had a big pile up on 20 yesterday.

The only upgrade I need to do is raise the antenna another 6 to 12 inches on the roof tower P5 is to my NW and at 1400 feet and the coastline is 4.5 miles away in that direction. Talk about a low takeoff angle no 300ft tower needed here and I have a SteppIR though be it a 3 element.

Looking at the QRZ page for VU7KV a W4VKU is in the ClubLog already Oh he worked himself .

I will be happy with just one band any mode for a ATNO and JA's and HL's are like shooting ducks in a pond here .

But I will not hold my breath, unless Dennis Rodman is on the team then I will know it's for sure.