Tom,
He was only 4 and a half. He was a foundling, you know. I still
remember the day I found him on my front step, apparently abandoned by
someone in a brown truck. He seemed well cared fore all padded in his
little box. I decided to raise him as my own. I didn't even care that
he was black. . The good truly die young.
For the life of me, I can't recall doing anything more boneheaded than
usual. Earlier this month, I put a couple of hundred in the log for
the 160 test and just a few dozen in the 10 meter test the next week.
Everything seemed fine until a day or 2 ago. Just one of those things.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/26/2015 1:56 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Steve:
>
> Sorry about your 590.
>
> And, I'm wondering, how long did you have that rig?
>
> Considering how well you take care of your equipment, I'm surprised this
> happened to you.
>
> Anyway, at least your new TS590SG will be arriving hopefully before the new
> year!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 1:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS-590s SK - R.I.P
>
> Steve, sorry to hear the death of the 590 but now the birth of the s g so
> yes it is just a hobby hi hi. HNY my friend and 73
>
>
>
> ED K7UC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Forst
> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 11:26 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: TS-590s SK - R.I.P
>
> Don't know how or when, but I've smoked my TS-590s. Noticed some odd
> behavior, No ALC showing, no matter how high the carrier level (CW),
> or mic gain (SSB) was set. Power seemed erratic. Was possible to
> see 100 watts out on cw, but that needed carrier set to around 80, but
> still no alc showing.
>
>
> I tried a different power supply, different power cable, reloaded
> firmware and settings, checked all coax and other connections, and
> finally rubbed my hand over it chanting" Hom in a, hom in a, hom in a".
>
> Somewhere along the way, I got a whiff of burned component from inside.
> The "magic smoke" as they say.
>
> Just ordered a 590SG from HRO, year end discount of $1,450. I'll see
> what damage I can do to this one.
> . I'll pull the voice board out of the corpse and do a transplant.
> Some time in the future I'll send the dear departed out for service/autopsy.
>
> It's just a hobby. 73, Steve KW3A
>
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