Oh my God Pat, I totally forgot about that.  You're right of 
course! I hope this new chip will keep working through the next 
lunar cycle.  Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:34:40 -0600
Subject: Re: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working

Jim,
You know the reason it worked; waning gibbous, which I think is a
partially empty moon!!
Nice to win one, isn't it.
PatAt 11:37 AM 1/4/2013, you wrote:
Hi list, just wanted to give you a foblow up about the Vgs-1
chip.  I got a new one from HRO yesterday, installed it and the
rig started talking again.  Now I think I will take the old chip,
dip it some salsa and eat it.  No, on second thought if I did
that, I may stop talking just like it did! Sorry to Bob who I
sent a similar message to last night thinking it would go to the
list.  I plan to call Kenwood and ask them there thoughts about
why a chip would just quit after working fine for more than two
years.  Jim WA6EKS