John:
I'm terribly sorry to hear about your TS930 and power supply!
That doesn't make one's day for sure!
I had something like that happen to a rig I had many years ago, and still
remember that feeling!
It was my fault too, which didn't make it any easier!
In fact, I bet a number of others on the list have had similar experiences,
so if it's any consollation, you are not alone.
Hang in there, and hopefully, the damage will not be as bad as it first
looked.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: A note on today's 40-meter round table
> Change of plan for me, I'm not going to make it. First the SWR is good on
> the TW-1 and receive is great but the tuner didn't like it in the TS-930.
> I
> was going to check it a little further, make some adjustments and what
> not,
> but I lost the power supply in the radio in the process of tuning through
> the band and lost it in a very big way, with any luck that smell will be
> gone by Monday. I brought the TS-2000 out there but was using the go kit
> power supply for that out there since the one in the house has more hooked
> up to it than just the TS-2000 and the go kit power supply I could only
> have the radio or TW-1 hooked to it at a time, not both and out of fear
> that
> I don't want to run the radio straight through until I really check the
> antenna over well and the TS-2000 not wanting to tune the antenna either,
> I'm going to figure that for whatever reason my metal back steps aren't
> conductive so it's only seeing one side of the antenna, or I have
> something
> else going on, either way at this point after wanting to get on the air so
> bad for 6 months and then losing a radio and absolutely everything else
> going wrong connected to the attempt, I'm too frustrated to care anymore.
> I
> may try again another day but for now, I'm done, I'm not even hooking the
> radio back up for 2 meters which would probably only frustrate me more.
> We'll see when the weather's right to put up the permanent antenna if I
> feel
> better about getting back going but after that kick in the teeth, I don't
> even have the ambission anymore.
> BTW, anyone want a TS-930 for parts? worked fine until the power supply
> let
> go, I'd love to fix it but I can't afford to fix it, I might as well sell
> it
> for parts as soon as I find a fair asking price.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: A note on today's 40-meter round table
>
>
>> Buddy:
>>
>> I know and appreciate what you are saying, but I guess I feel somewhat
>> personally responsible for keeping the round tables going, since it was
>> my
>> idea in the first place. ... What I hope is that others will give net
>> control a try, and find out that it really isn't that hard and is
>> actually
>> a
>> lot of fun.
>>
>> I appreciate your understanding, though.
>>
>> As I said, I might be able to sneak in there right at the beginning for a
>> few minutes, but when our guest arrive, I'll have to QRT.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>
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