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