Hi Howard.

I'm not saying that blocking the vent was helpful to the situation, but
usually where corrosion is involved, there is a moisture issue.

As Steve pointed out in an earlier post, newer radios are employing more
digital circuitry that operates at lower  operating voltages, making them
less forgiving where corrosion and poor connections are involved.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 04:05 PM 10/29/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>         Well, nothing else has ever had a problem down here, and that
>includes a lot of electronic stuff.  So I suspect, it was the
>venting.  Their is a vent on the left front of the top panel of the
>radio.  I never felt it.  The cover is textured so just didn't think
>far enough ahead.  My own fault, and that is the part I hate the
>most.  I did it.

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