[Icom] Icom PS-125

[MikeR]

George -
I'll trade with you. My PS-125 is LOUD when the fan comes on. And it doesn't
take much for it to do that. I think I'm gonna put it in the closet and use
my Astron.
73, Mike NF4L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom PS-125


> I think that I have missed the point about the PS-125 power cable.
>
> I think that it is exactly the right length. It goes from the power supply
> to the radio with no wasted extra cable laying about. The supply is
designed
> to be placed on one side of the radio and the matching speaker on the
other
> side. The PS-125 is extremely quiet both electrically and acoustically. I
> can't recall ever hearing the fan run except in an absolutely silent room,
> which my shack is not.
>
> So, to me the cable is just another part of a truly elegant design, using
> the word in the engineering sense: just enough to do the job at the lowest
> cost consistent with the quality.
>
> If you don't like having the supply next to the radio, the cable is long
> enough to permit hiding it back behind the radio out of the way.
>
> What's the problem?   <:}
>
> 73/72, George
> Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
> "In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
> <mailto:w5yr@att.net>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W0YG Charlie Summers" <w0yg@plusten.net>
> To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom PS-125
>
>
> > The chassis connector that Powermax sells might not work.  It has those
> > pigtails already installed.  Thus you cannot put your own pins in and
use
> > #12 wire.  Powermax suggested we go to Icom but you know where that will
> > lead!
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Charlie, W0YG..>>
>
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