[ICOM] 7546 Pro II

[Tony Lord]

Dear Dave,

No but .............

For the record I was on dummy load, not on air!!

73's de Tony G8DQZ


-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Dave Edwards
Sent: 13 August 2006 13:30
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 7546 Pro II

Um...was it a 'good' idea to leave a Pro 2 on full transmit for 10+ 
minutes??


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Lord" <tony.lord at lfpuk.co.uk>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: [ICOM] 7546 Pro II


>
>
> Hi all,
>
> A question for you guys. I was testing out a new dummy load to see how
> "good" it was, last night. I tuned to 20m and FM and left the rig on (into
> dummy load) for about 10+ minutes, at full power. The dummy load passed 
> the
> test with flying colours! However, after the test, the Pro II was getting
> rather hot at the back and then refused to transmit on SSB, it indicated
> very high SWR's which I could not correct with the "tune" function. By 
> this
> time I was on main aerial and not the dummy load. So I did a Bill Gates,
> switched everything off, waited a few minutes and then switched everything
> back on and all worked just fine. Made a number of FB SSB contacts on
> various bands.
>
> Is there a heat sensor within the rig that stops transmissions until the
> unit has cooled down?? Just for information the receive side worked
> perfectly.
>
> 73's de Tony G8DQZ
>
>
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