[ICOM] IC-PW1 - Problem - any advice or ideas?

[Tony Visco]

Ken,

I am sure Adam will provide all the details but you can bet that Bellevue
will be happy to see you.  There are 4 Amp circuits and one or more have
been damaged in some way.  

One way is the transceiver tuner on along with the PW-1 tuner - a no no.
I had the same problem about a year ago and it did cost about $470.

I still think the PW-1 is a great amp married to my 756-Pro III because
switching bands is such a snap.  Once in a while the tuner takes a little
time to find itself but what a combination.

Tony W3EW 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Ken Kinyon
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:47 AM
To: Icom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ICOM] IC-PW1 - Problem - any advice or ideas?

This morning, My PW-1 developed a problem.
I noticed that there was no output power.
The amp protect light was lit red.  The auto light was blinking green. I
reduced
the input power to fully low and powered off the amp.  Finding nothing wrong
with the antenna (SWR is 1.1:1) or any wiring I then switched to a dummy
load.
SWR on Dummy load is 1:1.  I then reset the amp protect button and turned
amp on
and attempted to transmit. As soon as I advanced the drive to about 10
watts,
the amp protect light changed to red and the auto light started to blink
again,
this time a hot smell, but no visible smoke came from the amplifier.  I am
assuming that it is off to Bellevue with the amp, but would like to listen
to
any ideas first.
Thanks,
Ken W7TS

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Kenneth E.  Kinyon
34 Princeton Circle
Longmont, CO 80503-2106
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E-mail: W7TS at comcast.net
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