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

[Jerry Keller]

Tony... in those few instances where the "tuner takes a little time to find 
itself", do you just let it do so by itself?  Or do you help it along by 
pressing the tuner button until it blinks and resets itself?
73, Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Visco" <ahv73 at verizon.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:20 AM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] IC-PW1 - Problem - any advice or ideas?


> 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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