[1000mp] wierd problem

[intech]

Hi Tom

I have the same weird problem here with my FT 1000MP.
I even left on for 24 hours without it actually turning on.
At another time when turned on a tone would emanate and a clicking noise
like a relay turning on and off was heard.
I have not used it for a while now and a few nights ago I turned it on, and
it came to life. Switched it off and immediately turned it on and it did
turn on.
Did that a few times and it worked.

Temperature wise it sits on  a bench as it has been for the past six years
or so I have had it where the ambient temperature varies from 34 deg C down
to about 22 deg C.

One day I will open the covers and see if I can find anything. I got a
circuit diagram of the switching supply from a ham in the Ukraine.
Not sure of what I will find.

Hope you get it repaired first and tell me ( and others) about it.

I know all this does not help but only to report of a similar and maybe
widespread issue.

Regards
Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Horton" <k5iid at sbcglobal.net>
To: <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: [1000mp] wierd problem


> I have a wierd situation...   a while back i accidently turned of the MP
and immediately turned it back on...and it didn't come on again.
>    I checked the fuse, etc and just never got back to it for a few days.
>    So a few days later, out of habit, I reached up and turned it on.. and
voila...it came on!
>    So the next morning, I tried again. It DIDN'T come on. Later that
afternoon I tried again and it DID come on.
>    Here is the thing...my shack is in a room built into the garage.
Therefore it is a very hot environment and when things heat up in the
afternoon the radio works...
>    OK .. any ideas out there?
>   thanks for anything!
>   Tom K5iid
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