Hi Pat,
Nope, the receive is fine, no damage, just my audio on transmit.
And yeah, I think I'll give it till Monday, because the North American QSO party phone is on this weekend, I think, and I'm gonna give it a shot on 20 and 15.
I appreciate your help, Pat, you're a good ham, and all of you folks tonight, I appreciate that you care, and we all need to care about each other in our ham family.
I'm still bummed about what happened to Tom and the $250 mess. Tom, if I had the money, I'd send you a check, because what happened to you, by that guy who sold ya the tuner, was just wrong, and if 1 ham hurts, it hurts me.
73,
Trippy, ac8s
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pat Byrne 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:46 PM
  Subject: Re: what next? my rig is gone!


  Harry,
  You said your audio is bad; transmitted or received?  Perhaps your 
  speaker has failed - headphones should verify that.  And try a few 
  more attempts to get contacts.  Even loud signals sometimes won't hear you.
  Finally if you are going to use an external tuner you will have to 
  find some way to assure resonance other than peaking the 
  receiver.  Noise bridges still seem to be a viable and available 
  alternative.  And sadly if your TS120 needs work it may be impossible 
  to find a service provider who would be interested in the 
  job.  Proprietary parts are probably extinct.  A knowledgeable 
  tinkerer would probably be the final resort.  I sold a TS940 some 
  years ago after having it repaired because some of the boards which 
  were prone to failure were becoming difficult to find.
  On the plus side; the TS480 probably has SWR protection and would 
  drop power if it were working in to a bad antanna, so you sould be 
  safer with it.  Abnd its internal tuner might be a logical 
  alternative until you can find a more reliable way to use the MFJ tuner.
  Hope some of this helpsw.
  Pat, K9JAUAt 08:04 PM 8/14/2012, you wrote:
  >Hi all,
  >Well folks, how do I begin this?
  >As you all know, I bought a used kenwood 120, and it was working =
  >absolutely great!
  >I was using the snake antenna, and it was great on 20, and 15 meters!
  >So, after dinner, I said, "well Trippy, fire that rig up and have a nice =
  >after dinner QSO!"
  >So, I fired it up, and responded to a station in hungry, who copied me =
  >just fine.
  >Then, here's where all heck broke loose.
  >I then, went up to the phone band, and, I responded to a cq there, a km4 =
  >station, and the moment I keyed up the microphone, I heard a poof kind =
  >of noise, and the rig shut off. So, I shut off the power supply.
  >Then, I thought, "well, let's turn it back on and see what happens."
  >So, I turned the power supply back on, no problem with that, and then, I =
  >turned the rig on, and it receives fine.
  >However, to the left of those 3 knobs on the top of the rig, there is a =
  >grading kind of thing, just like a speaker feels, and it smells a bit =
  >like burn smell.
  >So, I tryed to go back to 2 cqs on 20 cw, and they were loud, and nobody =
  >heard me.
  >Folks, I don't know what to do from here.
  >The hams in this town are clickish, and don't talk to me, or want to =
  >have anything to do with me, as I told Bob, k8lr, on the phone, weeks =
  >ago, when we talked about my antenna situation.
  >Now I have another rig and power supply, but folks I am scared to death =
  >to hook it up.
  >The last thing I need, is to lose another rig!
  >Anyone have an idea what I could be dealing with?
  >All I know is, my audio was so good before tonight, and now it's =
  >horrible, absolutely aweful.
  >I just wonder if I blew something!
  >It's just so depressing!
  >Everytime I try to get on hf, it's like, it's not ment to be.
  >I'm at a complete loss, just totally lost, right now!
  >I've never had this problem in 35 years of hamming. Never blew anything =
  >up on any rig, at all.
  >take care,
  >73,
  >Trippy, who just wants to have my hobby back and enjoy it, and I mean, =
  >really enjoy it