Steve:
I made no recent changes in wiring, but I'm convinced that the problem was
in the transfer box, so I'll tear into that sometime, but right now, I'm up
for celebrating Christmas and the fact that if I have any extra money, I
won't have to spend it on rig repairs.
73 de KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: low output power problem with IC746 solved, I think
> Congrats Tom,
>
> You gave yourself a nice Christmas present by not having to send it out
> for service. I'm a big fan of Astron supplies and have 2 of them that
> have
> never given me a problem. I tell people " buy an Astron and in a few
> decades your widow will be selling it as part of your estate sale".
>
> But of course there can always be a problem and some people have had
> trouble with the transistors. There are 4 of them on the back of the 35
> amp supply. you can feel them in the large gaps between the cooling
> fins.
> Don't know how easy it is to trouble shoot this thing, but hopefully it
> is
> something simple like a bad connection between the supply and rig. Be
> sure the connections are tight on the back of the supply and if using
> something like a Rigrunner or other distribution panel, be sure all
> connections are well seated and that any crimp or solder connections are
> tight.
>
> Have you made any recent changes in the wiring between rig and supply?
>
> 73 Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:32 PM
> Subject: low output power problem with IC746 solved, I think
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Believe it or not, I think I've found the problem with the low output
>> power
>> on my IC746.
>>
>> Based on a comment I read in a E-ham review, I connected the Ic746 up to
>> the
>> new Samlex 35-amp power supply I got for my new TS480, and guess what:
>> Output power was within a watt or two of 100 watts on both my talking sWR
>> unit, and on the radio's power meter when connected to a resonant antenna
>> with a 1.1 to 1 SWR reading.
>>
>> So, now, I'm thinking something might have gone south on my old
>> dependable
>> Astron RS35 power supply that might be giving the rig insufficient power
>> voltage or something like that.
>>
>> Has anyone heard of similar results?
>>
>> Merry Christmas to all on the list, and thanks for putting up with this
>> latest round of troubleshooting efforts.
>>
>> That's the life of we hams--always something to challenge us.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
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