[ICOM] Water damage to PW-1, now FIXED!!

ron roncasa at verizon.net
Mon Apr 23 21:03:51 EDT 2007


 
> Thanks to all for your suggestions. I am happy to report that the PW-1 is
> back on the air and working fine.
>
> The diagnosis? Hoping to discover something amiss, I removed the cover again
> and found that the flat ribbon cable connecting the PA1 board to the
> Splitter unit had become unplugged. In fact a piece of packing tape that
> folded the ribbon cable over and shortened it had peeled away from the
> ribbon cable and may have stuck to the outer cabinet. When I hurriedly
> removed the cabinet trying to minimize the effect of the water, I must have
> popped the cable from its connector.
>
> I consider myself to be a very lucky guy!
>
> OK - so let's get ready for next weekend's SP DX RTTY contest. And what
> frequency is the BS7H DXpedition on? ;-)
>
> -larry
> K8UT 
>
>   
 
you must be doing the Snoopy dance!

good for you man, it's always a good feeling to find the cause ...

73
Ron, wb1hga


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