Kenwood won't touch a TS-120, there are people out there who will but it's
too old, Kenwood won't touch it. You'd have to check online, eham reviews
and what not to find someone who will. I don't even know if Avvid will touch
that one but he might if he's still going.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: what next? my rig is gone!
> send it to Kenwood.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:04 PM
> Subject: what next? my rig is gone!
>
>
>> 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
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