Colin:

Well, thanks for the response, and I'll do what I can to pick up a good 
power strip. ...  The TMV7A is powered by the battery in the RV via a direct 
DC connection, and the IC718 HF rig was powered by the AC system, using an 
MFJ Mighty Lite power supply.  So, they were on separate circuits.

Anyway, I'll gget a better power strip.  In the meantime, running it without 
the cheap power strip I tried seems to have solved the immediate problem.

Thanks again, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: interesting RFI experience


> Hey Tom:
> I vaguely remember something similar happening with my station (TS570 and 
> TM
> V7A at the time).
> I think it was power supply related as well, but on the 13.8V side.
> When i keyed up at 100W on a particular band, the TM V7A would shut off or
> turn on depending on its state before i keyed up and make random beeps. 
> It
> never locked up like yours did though.
> I solved the issue by using separate 13.8V supplies.
> Anyway, this leads me to wonder if the TM V7A has some vulnerabilities to
> stray RF effecting the micro processor.
>
> As for a good power strip, home depot or any hardware store, even wallmart
> should cary high quality power strips.
> You can get high end strips for computer systems at computer stores, but 
> you
> are looking at a pretty good chunk of change, and its not always as
> advertized.
> Anything around the $40 to $50 range should suffice.
> I suspect that the style of power strip where all the recepticals are
> separated enough to plug in a wall wart to each one are somewhat better,
> simply because of the amount of separation between plugs, and the fact 
> that
> they are designed to handle higher current, or so I've been told, from 
> high
> draw adapters.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>