[1000mp] 1000mp Digest, Vol 113, Issue 2

[Roy Westra]

I agree it may be the finals, mine blew twice from a bad Palstar antenna
tuner and I thought it was the power supply. Email Byron Cambell,
http://www.qsl.net/wa4geg/ he's the Mark V guru and as worked on mine a
couple of times. If he can't help you, no one can.

Roy
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On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Laszlo Vagner <george at vagner.com> wrote:

> Shorted finals? Disconnect the cable to finals and try
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> >   1. Defective MKV (Alex VonYonkers)
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> >Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 03:50:56 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Alex VonYonkers <n2nnu at yahoo.com>
> >To: "1000mp at mailman.qth.net" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
> >Subject: [1000mp] Defective MKV
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> >For the life of me, I can not find how to start a new thread on this list.
> >I had to use somebody else posting to be able to send this message.
> >I apologize for my clumsiness.
> >
> >I have recently purchased a defective FT1000 Mark V, the one
> >with an external power supply. The price was to good to pas it on :)
> >
> >The previous owner explained that the rig just died on him in the middle
> >of a transmission. Among others he checked his 20m high, single band 20m
> >band antenna and found that his tower was laying on the ground, the
> antenna
> >smashed and the feeder cable cut. Now, this is what I call a disaster :)
> >
> >Well, now the rig its mine. So what is wrong with it?
> >
> >Power supply turns on just fine, the red LED id illuminated
> >and the fan is turning.
> >
> >However when I switch the radio on, the power supply dies.
> >The LED is extinguished and the fan stops :( If I turn off the rig
> >the LED is illuminating once again and I can hear the fan turning.
> >
> >IMHO there are two possibilities. Or the PS went sour and can not support
> even
> >the receiver only load or the rig somehow presents a short circuit
> somewhere that
> >induces current limiting into the PS.
> >
> >To check the PS is probably need to load it with an other load than the
> rig. Unfortunately
> >I do not have a mating connector to attach the load to the PS. I will
> need to
> >improvise something. I just hope that the finals have survived.
> >
> >I am dire need of a Technical supplement manual. I can observe that some
> one is offering
> >it for 30 bucks. I thing this is a bit to much even if it comes in a 3
> ring binder:)
> >
> >Did any one had a similar problem with his rig and how was it solved?
> >
> >Any suggestion will be welcomed.
> >
> >Alex,
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