Hi Tom;
If that radio was plugged in with a cigarette lighter plug, maybe the plug
wasn't making contact and it was running on the battery and it eventually
went dead.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: TH-F6A go bye-bye
> Buddy:
>
> Yep, I agree with you on that one. I have had mine for over 2 years now,
> with no problem with the SMA (knock on wood).
>
> However, something really weird happened last night with my THF6A.
>
> I had finished running our local ARES net on our 2-meter repeater, and
left
> the room to go do some computer work. When I got back an hour or so
later,
> I found the HT to be completely off. I had been running it on my 3-amp DC
> regulated power supply. I couldn't turn the radio back on, using the
power
> supply. I switched over to my two fully-charged battery packs, and
couldn't
> turn on the radio either. My XYL looked at the screen--completely
blank--no
> error message or anything.
>
> Then, I plugged the radio in to the supplied Walwart charger, and
eventually
> got it going with the charger. Disconnected it from the charger--no
battery
> power. Had to do this several times before the radio started working
again
> both with the charger, and then the batteries.
>
> Radio is fine now. Works with the power supply, wall charger, and
> batteries, but I sure don't know what that was all about.
>
> Oh well--Such is the fun with these modern solid-state rigs.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: kB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: TH-F6A go bye-bye
>
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I'd had it just over a month--which I'd say was a somewhat premature
> failure of the SMA :)
> > --
> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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