[1000mp] Internal PS Failure

[nb1b at comcast.net]

I was the guy that had his internal PS fail in my 1000MP.  That MP has been transported to 6 different countries (to Zone 2 in Canada 6 times in the back of a car), operated intermittently from both 110 and 220VAC, used extensively on RTTY at 70 watts out, logged over 10000 hours of actual contest/DXpedition use, and been turned on for 30000 hours since I purchased it in 1995.  I've long since come to the conclusion that if the major electronics failed tomorrow, I got my money's worth.  Sure, I'm disappointed that the internal PS quit, but I don't feel that it was in any way related to a design flaw in the internal PS.

As the internal PS got flaky, my MP exhibited the exact same problems that the other person was comenting on.  Turns out they were all a consequence of the PS dying.

Dennis NB1B