[ICOM] 7546 Pro II

[Ted Wright]

You Know .......
 I wanted to ask the VERY same thing hi

Dave Edwards wrote:

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