Man I am so sorry this happened Steve.

Wow!

Well I can't wait for your reports evaluations etc. on the 590sg.

Maybe by then I will have my lowband antenna back up and get to hear it.

Don



On 26-Dec-15 2:25 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
> 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
>>