[Drake] TR7 Shutting down

[W4AWM at aol.com]

Hi John,

I had exactly the same problwem last year.  I thought for sure trhat the rig 
had blown up and ran home and got another PS...same problem.  Tried 
everything...different tuner, antenna, everything.  Still the same problem.  Ran home 
and got another TR-7...same thing. About that time, a lowly CBer comes along and 
observes the frustration....says "maybe the voltage is too low."
  Rats I'm thinking as I run over and check the generator. 125V at 61 cycles,    
right on the money. Scratching head, feeding the rig with  #12 cable, 50' 
long. Should be ok.  Run to car and pull out trusty Triplett 310...reads 119V at 
the outlet at the end of the cable.  Run back to generator and crank it up to 
131V and can't read the frequency.  Run back to the operation position and 
check voltage with rig running on receive...125V on the button! Drove the clox 
nutz but rig worked great for the remainder of the peroid. Gave the CBer a cold 
807 and dubbed him extra class for the day. 

Moral of the story....All CBers are not dumb and TR-7s DON'T LIKE LOW LINE 
VOLTAGE!!!

73, 

 John,  W4AWM, aka :red face!