Kevin:

Well, I'll maybe have someone sighted come over here and look at that
housing.

At the same time, though, I did a 5-hour-long skywarn net session this
afternoon, and got more used to the fan--even though it's somewhat loud--So,
maybe I can live with it, at least until I can find a way to address the
problem.

At any rate, I'm not worried about the radio--would just like it to run a
bit quieter.

Thanks for your thoughts, and please keep them coming.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: interesting little problem with Kenwood TMV7A


> What ever holds the fan on the back of the unit can loosen at points so
just
> gently push it in and see if that makes a difference. If not, I really
> wouldn't worry about it mine makes noise as well. It stabilizes after a
> while and the noise usually occurs if you have not keyed up the radio for
a
> time. Also it depends what your radio is resting on. If you change that,
it
> could make a minimal difference. As long as it's not an overbearing sound
> affect for you, you can rest assure that nothing is compromising the radio
> and it's operation. I've talked to others with the same radio who have
> encountered such thing, and as long as they haven't reported anything
> discouraging about the fans, I'll assume that no harm is coming to the
rig.
>